Mentzelia aspera 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 : 666-667

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Mentzelia aspera Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 516. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in America." RCN: 3879.

Lectotype (Weigend in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 118: 235. 1996): [icon] " Mentzelia " in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 167, t. 174, f. 1. 1758.

Generitype of Mentzelia Linnaeus.

Current name: Mentzelia aspera L. ( Loasaceae ).

Note: Weigend (l.c.) noted that Plumier’s plate was poor, and that designation of an epitype would be desirable should suitable material from Hispaniola become available.