Leidesia procumbens (L.) Prain, 1913

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 : 667

Mercurialis procumbens Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 1036. 1753.

"Habitat in Africa." RCN: 7282.

Neotype (Radcliffe-Smith in Kew Bull. 44: 451. 1989): Herb. Linn. No. 1188.5 ( LINN) .

Current name: Leidesia procumbens (L.) Prain ( Euphorbiaceae ).

Note: In the apparent absence of any original material, Radcliffe-Smith’s indication of 1188.5 (LINN) as the holotype is taken as correctable to neotype (Art. 9.8).