Coccoloba pubescens L., 1759

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 : 431

Coccoloba pubescens Linnaeus , Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1007. 1759.

["Habitat in America."] Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 523 (1762). RCN: 2881.

Lectotype (Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 4: 133. 1988): [icon] " Scortea arbor Americana, amplissimis foliis, aversa parte nervis extantibus hirsutie ferruginea refertis " in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 222, f. 8. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 38. 1696. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 98: 23; 101: 196 (BM-SL).

Current name: Coccoloba pubescens L. ( Polygonaceae ).

Note: Fawcett & Rendle (in J. Bot. 51: 123. 1913) provided an extensive discussion but did not indicate a type, but later (Fl. Jamaica 3: 118. 1914) indicated a type in BM (presumably material in Herb. Plukenet that was not seen by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name). See discussion by Howard (in J. Arnold Arbor. 38: 229. 1957).