Crotalaria lotifolia L., 1758

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 370-473 : 460

Crotalaria lotifolia Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 715. 1753, typ. cons.

“Habitat in Jamaica.” RCN: 5258.

Conserved type (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4: 11. 1920): [icon] “ Crotalaria trifolia fruticosa foliis glabris, flore e viridi luteo minore ” in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 33, t. 176, f. 1, 2. 1725. – Typotype: Herb. Sloane 6: 5 (BM-SL).

Generitype of Crotalaria Linnaeus , nom. cons.

Current name: Crotalaria lotifolia L. ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Note: Crotalaria lotifolia , with the type designated by Fawcett & Rendle, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 561. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795–796. 2006).