Gundelia tournefortii L., 1758

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part G), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 529-556 : 555

Gundelia tournefortii Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 814. 1753.

“Habitat in Armenia, Syria.” RCN: 6724.

Lectotype (Vitek & Jarvis in Annalen Nat. Hist. Mus. Wien, B, in press): [icon] “ Silybum dioscoridis s. Hacub alcardeg serapionis ” in Rauwolf, Aigent. Beschr. Morgenl.: 74, t. 74. 1583. – Epitype (Vitek & Jarvis in Annalen Nat. Hist. Mus. Wien, B, in press): Herb. Rauwolf 4: 81 (L).

Generitype of Gundelia Linnaeus.

Current name: Gundelia tournefortii L. ( Asteraceae ).

Note: See Burtt (in Karaca Arbor. Mag. 6: 59, f. 12. 2001; 6: 139, f. 4. 2002) on Tournefort’s account of this plant, including a reproduction of Tournefort’s illustration.