Helichrysum rutilans (L.) D. Don, 1824

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

Gnaphalium rutilans Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 854. 1753.

"Habitat in Africa." RCN: 6169.

Lectotype (Hilliard & Burtt in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 263, 247. 1981): Herb. Clifford: 401, Gnaphalium 5 [ “6”] (BM-000647001) .

Current name: Helichrysum rutilans (L.) D. Don ( Asteraceae ).

Note: Hilliard & Burtt indicated the type as Herb. Clifford: 401, " Gnaphalium 6", evidently in error for sheet no. 5 (sheet no. 6 is associated with G. cymosum L. ).