Cassine peragua 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 : 394

Cassine peragua Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 268. 1753 , typ. cons.

"Habitat in Aethiopia, Carolina." RCN: 2139.

Conserved type (Robson in Jarvis in Taxon 41: 559. 1992): [icon] " Phillyrea Capensis , folio Celastri " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 315, t. 236, f. 305. 1732.

Generitype of Cassine Linnaeus , nom. cons.

Current name: Cassine peragua L. ( Celastraceae ).

Note: Cassine peragua , with the type designated by Robson, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 559. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006).