<Unknown Taxon>

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 : 664

Memecylon capitellatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 349. 1753.

“Habitat in Zeylona.” RCN: 2699.

Lectotype (Bremer in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: 214. 1987): Herb. Hermann 1: 17, No. 136, right specimen (BM-000621286; iso- L).

Generitype of Memecylon Linnaeus.

Current name: Memecylon capitellatum L. (Melastomataceae).