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Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 651-689 : 664

Melochia corchorifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 675. 1753, typ. cons.

“Habitat in India.” RCN: 4928.

Conserved type (Goldberg in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 34: 305. 1967): [icon] “ Melochia Corchori folio ” in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 221, t. 176, f. 217. 1732. – Typotype: Herb. Dillenius (OXF).

Generitype of Melochia Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Melochia corchorifolia L. (Sterculiaceae).

Note: Melochia corchorifolia, with a Dillenian illustration as the type, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 573. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795–796. 2006).