Caryocar nucifera L., 1771

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 : 391

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Caryocar nuciferum Linnaeus View in CoL , Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 247. 1771.

"Habitat in Berbices & Essequebo." RCN: 3961.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Generitype of Caryocar Linnaeus.

Current name: Caryocar nucifera L. ( Caryocaraceae ).

Note: This name was evidently based on an Allemand description, but Linnaeus may never have seen a specimen (see Prance in Fl. Neotropica 12: 34. 1973).