Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part R) Author Jarvis, Charlie Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK text 2007 Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum London Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types 785 805 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Ricinus communis Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 1007. 1753 . "Habitat in India utraque, Africa, Europa australi." RCN: 7298. Lectotype (Seegeler, Oil Pl. Ethiopia : 212. 1983): Herb. Clifford: 450, Ricinus 1 (BM-000647441) . Generitype of Ricinus Linnaeus. Current name: Ricinus communis L. ( Euphorbiaceae ). Note: Fawcett & Rendle ( Fl. Jamaica 4: 307. 1920) indicated 1142.1 (LINN) as type but this was a post-1753 addition to the collection, from Brander, and not original material for the name.