Desmodium triflorum (L.)

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part H), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 557-585 : 562

Hedysarum triflorum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 749. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 5526.

Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4: 38. 1920; Pedley in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 472. 1997): Herb. Hermann 1: 21, No. 297 (BM-000594452) .

Current name: Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC. ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Note: Schubert (in J. Arnold Arbor. 44: 293. 1963), followed by many other authors, indicated Herb. Linn. No. 921.45 ( LINN) as the lectotype, but this cannot be regarded as relevant original material because Linnaeus’ annotation of the sheet lacks the Species Plantarum number (i.e. “25”). Fawcett & Rendle (Fl. Jamaica 4: 38. 1920) indicated material in Herb. Hermann ( BM) as the lectotype which, although distributed between several volumes, appears to have been part of a single gathering. Consequently, theirs is accepted as the first typification (Art. 9.15), with the choice subsequently restricted by Pedley.