Gmelina asiatica L., 1758

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part G), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 529-556 : 545

Gmelina asiatica Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 626. 1753.

“Habitat in India.” RCN: 4533.

Lectotype (Verdcourt in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 50. 1993): Herb. Hermann 2: 26, No. 230 (BM-000594589).

Generitype of Gmelina Linnaeus.

Current name: Gmelina asiatica L. ( Verbenaceae ).

Note: Moldenke & Moldenke (in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4: 394. 1988) and Moldenke (in Phytologia 55: 480. 1984) indicated 780.2 (LINN) as type, but this sheet is unannotated by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name.