Phyllobolus splendens (L.) Gerbaulet subsp. splendens

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 : 670

Mesembryanthemum splendens Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 486. 1753.

“Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei.” RCN: 3673.

Lectotype (designated here by Hartmann): [icon] “ Mesembryanthemum foliis confertis splendentibus, flore pallido” in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 270, t. 204, f. 260. 1732.

Current name: Phyllobolus splendens (L.) Gerbaulet subsp. splendens ( Aizoaceae ).

Note: Gerbaulet (in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 119: 189. 1997) stated “Holotype: Hort. cliff. 220 (OXF; partly K!); Drawing: Dill, Hort. Eltham. 270 t. 204 f. 260”, and (in Hartmann, Ill. Handb. Succ. Pl., Aizoaceae F–Z: 214. 2001) indicated as type “Hort. Cliff. 220 (OXF, isotype K!)”. There does not appear to be any relevant Clifford material at either OXF or K. Any material connected with the Hortus Elthamensis account would not have been seen by Linnaeus and so will not be original material for the name.