Schinus myricoides Linnaeus, 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part S), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 806-877 : 826

Schinus myricoides Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 388. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 1851.

Replaced synonym of: Schrebera schinoides L. (1763) , nom. illeg.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Note: Meeuse (in Bothalia 6: 652-653. 1957) stated that Schrebera schinoides (homotypic with Schinus myricoides ) probably relates in part to Cuscuta africana Willd. and in part to its host Myrica conifera Burm. Although Schrebera schinoides is illegitimate, Schinus myricoides is not, and could threaten the current names of either of the taxa to which it is supposed to belong. It may therefore be a candidate for rejection.