Euphorbia hypericifolia L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part E), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 490-515 : 512

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Euphorbia hypericifolia Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 1: 454. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in India ." RCN: 3508.

Lectotype (Fosberg & Mazzeo in Castanea 30: 199. 1965): Herb. Linn. No. 630.4 ( LINN) .

Current name: Euphorbia hypericifolia L. View in CoL ( Euphorbiaceae ).

Note: Fosberg & Mazzeo (in Castanea 30: 199. 1965) agree with Stearn’s argument ( in litt. to Wheeler, 1960) that 630.4 (LINN) is the type of this name (and not of E. maculata L. , as believed by Wheeler (in Contr. Gray Herb. 127: 76. 1939) and Fosberg (in Rhodora 48: 199-200. 1946; 55: 241-242. 1953). Wheeler had incorrectly treated 630.3 (LINN), a Browne collection not received by Linnaeus until 1758, as the type. Fosberg & Mazzeo clearly treated 630.4 as the type themselves, pre-dating the choice of a Sloane plate made by Burch (in Rhodora 68: 162. 1966).