Cyanotis cristata (L.) D. Don, 1825

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 370-473 : 434

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Commelina cristata Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 1: 42. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 2289.

Basionym of: Tradescantia cristata (L.) L. (1767) .

Lectotype (Faden in Dassanayake & Clayton, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 14: 123. 2000): Herb. Hermann 5: 152, No. 32 [icon] ( BM) .

Current name: Cyanotis cristata (L.) D. Don View in CoL ( Commelinaceae ).

Note: Mathew (in Bosser & al., Fl. Mascareignes 186: 2. 1978) indicated 406.4 (LINN) as type but this collection lacks the relevant Species Plantarum number (i.e. “9”) and was a post-1753 addition to the herbarium, and is not original material for the name.