Gossypium herbaceum L., 1753

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 : 529

Gossypium herbaceum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 693. 1753.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 5074.

Lectotype (Fryxell in Brittonia 20: 378. 1968): Herb. Linn. No. 874.1 ( LINN) .

Current name: Gossypium herbaceum L. ( Malvaceae ).

Note: Watt (Wild Cult. Cotton Pl. World: 157, pl. 24. 1907) discussed both 874.1 (LINN) and the Clifford material as “types”. However, these collections are not part of a single gathering, so Art. 9.15 does not apply, and he did not make a choice of type.