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Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part S), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 806-877 : 863

Solidago caesia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 879. 1753.

“Habitat in America septentrionali.” RCN: 6352.

Lectotype (Uttal in Sida 10: 324. 1984): [icon] “Virga aurea Marilandica, caesia glabra” in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 414, t. 307, f. 395. 1732. – Typotype: Herb. Dillenius No. 1848 (OXF).

Current name: Solidago caesia L. vaR caesia (Asteraceae).

Note: Gray (in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 178. 1882), in a study of the Solidago material in the Linnaean herbarium, believed there to be no relevant specimens of S. caesia, concluding that the name is “founded on” the cited Dillenian illustration and associated material in OXF. Taylor & Taylor (in Sida 10: 228. 1984) indicated both this plate and 998.14 (LINN) as “type”, and Uttal (in Sida 10: 324. 1984) appears to have been the first to formalise a choice. Reveal & al. (in Huntia 7: 238. 1987) provide a concise summary.