Crotalaria juncea L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 370-473 : 459

Crotalaria juncea Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 714. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 5251.

Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4: 8. 1920): Herb. Linn. No. 895.11 ( LINN) .

Current name: Crotalaria juncea L. ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Note: Fawcett & Rendle ( Fl. Jamaica 4: 8. 1920) stated "Type in Herb. Linn." and as there is only a single sheet directly associated with this name, theirs is accepted as the earliest typification. Although some authors (e.g. Polhill in Milne-Redhead & Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Leguminosae 4: 950. 1971) have treated Clifford material as the type, this choice is pre-dated by that of Fawcett & Rendle.