Guilandina moringa, Linnaeus, 1753

Wijnands, Dirk Onno, Heniger, Johannes, Veldkamp, Jan Frederik, Fumeaux, Nicolas & Callmander, Martin W., 2017, The botanical legacy of Martinus Houttuyn (1720 - 1798) in Geneva, Candollea 72 (1), pp. 155-198 : 176

51. Guilandina moringa L.,

Sp. Pl.: 381. 1753. [cited in Nat. Hist. II(2): 388. 1774].

≡ Moringa oleifera Lam., Encycl. 1: 398. 1785.

Notes. – A specimen in the Houttuyn herbarium from either Java or Ceylon is in G-PREL [G00818132].

A specimen from Java of this widespread SE Asian species is also present in L (L-908.133-1291). No corresponding specimen was found in UPS-THUNB. Another specimen from the Burman herbarium represents possible original material of Guilandina moringa , namely Burman 18 (G-PREL [G00818136]), which represents original material of the pre-Linnaean “Moringa zeylanica Burm. ” published in Thes. Zeyl.: 162, tab. 75. 1736. The Burman publication was cited by Linnaeus in 1753 and Burman 18 was designated as the lectotype by VIDAL (1962: 5), but rejected by the LINNAEAN PLANT NAME TYPIFICATION PROJECT (2016), indicating “… this would not have been studied by Linnaeus and is not original material”. The correct lectotype, which Linnaeus definitely saw, was designated by KERAUDREN & GILLETT (1963: 317): Hermann 2: 24, n° 155 [BM000594587].