Erythrina corallodendron L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part E), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 490-515 : 506

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Erythrina corallodendrum Linnaeus var. occidentalis Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 2: 706. 1753.

RCN: 5175.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 163. 1983): [icon] "Arbor Coral Americana" in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 1: 211, t. 108. 1697.

Current name: Erythrina corallodendron L. View in CoL ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Note: Krukoflf & Barneby (in Lloydia 37: 399-400. 1974) noted the existence of 888.2 and 888.3 (LINN) but did not accept them as original material. They conclude "it seems obvious that Commelin’s plate and description should be regarded as representing the plant Linnaeus had in mind when he described var. occidentalis ", but did not formally designate it as the type. This was done subsequently by Wijnands. The lectotype is an original element (and the type) of var. occidentalis. The autonym therefore has statutory priority over this name.