Hermannia pinnata L., 1753

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 : 652

Mahernia verticillata Linnaeus , Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 227; Mantissa Plantarum: 59. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 2259.

Neotype (de Winter in Bothalia 11: 264. 1974): Herb. Linn. No. 854.17 ( LINN) .

Generitype of Mahernia Linnaeus.

Current name: Hermannia pinnata L. ( Sterculiaceae ).

Note: Winter wrongly referred to the LINN sheet as the holotype but as it is annotated only by Linnaeus filius, and there is no original material for the name, this is treated as a correctable error under Art. 9.8, and accepted as a neotype. Jarvis & al. (Regnum Veg. 127: 63. 1993) wrongly gave the sheet number as “634.17”.