Pithecellobium unguis

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 : 677

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scientific name	Pithecellobium unguis
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Mimosa unguis-cati Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 517. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica, Caribaeis." RCN: 7654.

Lectotype (Rico in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 476. 1997): [icon] "Acaciae quodammodo accedens, s. Ceratiae & Acaciae media Jamaicensis spinosa bigeminatis foliis, flosculis stamin. atronitente fructu, siliquis parum intortis" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 1, f. 6. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 4, 95. 1696.

Current name: Pithecellobium unguis - cati (L.) Mart. ( Fabaceae : Mimosoideae ).

Note: Although Isely (in Madroño 21: 287. 1972) noted the existence of material in LINN, he did not designate a type.