Malvastrum tomentosum (L.) S.R. Hill

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 : 654

Malva tomentosa Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 687. 1753.

“Habitat in India.” RCN: 5038.

Lectotype (Hill in Brittonia 32: 466. 1980): Herb. Linn. No. 870.2 (LINN).

Current name: Malvastrum tomentosum (L.) S.R. Hill ( Malvaceae ).

Note: The type is illustrated (though the image has been reversed) by Hill (in Rhodora 84: 214, f. 36. 1982).