Laetia americana L., 1759

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part L), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 610-650 : 610

Laetia americana Linnaeus , Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1074. 1759.

RCN: 3872.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Generitype of Laetia Linnaeus , nom. cons.

Current name: Laetia americana L. ( Flacourtiaceae ).

Note: Sleumer (in Fl. Neotropica 22: 240. 1980) indicated that this was based on Löfling material that has not been traced.