Ruschia uncinata (L.) Schwantes

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 : 671

Mesembryanthemum uncinatum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 483. 1753.

“Habitat in Africa.” RCN: 3685.

Lectotype (Hartmann in Bradleya 17: 70. 1999): [icon] “ Mesembryanthemum perfoliatum , foliis minoribus diacanthis” in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 250, t. 193, f. 239. 1732.

Current name: Ruschia uncinata (L.) Schwantes ( Aizoaceae ).

Note: As Friedrich (in Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 132. 1961) expressed doubt as to whether the Dillenius plate was the type, Hartmann is accepted as the typifier.