Aspalathus astroites L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 252-342 : 323

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Aspalathus astroites Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 2: 711. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 5217.

Lectotype (Dahlgren in Opera Bot. 21: 11, 176. 1968): [icon] " Genista Astroites, Juniperinis pungentibus foliis, Aethiopica, floribus saturate luteis" in Plukenet, Amalth. Bot.: t. 413, f. 2. 1705; Almag. Mant.: 88. 1700.

Current name: Aspalathus astroites L. View in CoL View at ENA ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Note: Although Dahlgren indicated Herb. Sloane 92: 72 ( BM-SL) as the probable typotype, the material in question does not resemble the plate.