Barreria capensis Linnaeus, 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part B), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 343-369 : 345

Barreria capensis Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 274. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 2185.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Plukenet, Almag. Mant.: 69, t. 346, f. 7. 1700 - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 92: 59 ( BM-SL) .

Generitype of Barreria Linnaeus.

Note: Neither the generic, nor the specific, name appears to have been taken up. The voucher specimen associated with the cited Plukenet illustration appears to be a member of the Bruniaceae . Both of these names may prove to be a threat to later well-established names.