Tragia volubilis L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part T), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 878-905 : 891

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Tragia volubilis Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 980. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica." RCN: 7102.

Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4: 305. 1920): Herb. Linn. No. 1103.1 ( LINN) .

Generitype of Tragia Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 187. 1929).

Current name: Tragia volubilis L. ( Euphorbiaceae ).

Note: Some authors have treated either the cited Sloane illustration (e.g. Lourteig in Bradea 5: 352. 1990) or Sloane’s material (e.g. Radcliffe-Smith in Kew Bull. 37: 690. 1983) as the type but Fawcett & Rendle’s choice has priority.