Guettarda speciosa L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part G), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 529-556 : 529

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Guettarda speciosa Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 991. 1753.

"Habitat in Java." RCN: 7195.

Lectotype (Wong & Verdcourt in Kew Bull. 43: 496. 1988; Verdcourt in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Rubiaceae 3: 924. 1991): Herb. Linn. No. 1121.1, excl. fruit (LINN).

Generitype of Guettarda Linnaeus.

Current name: Guettarda speciosa L. ( Rubiaceae ).

Note: Verdcourt (1991) restricted the earlier type choice that he had made with Wong (1988) by excluding the fruiting element mounted on Herb. Linn. No. 1121.1 ( LINN).