Helianthus tuberosus Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 905. 1753 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part H) Jarvis, Charlie L. Linnaeus 1753 Magnoliopsida Asteraceae Helianthus Plantae Asterales Tracheophyta species tuberosus      Helianthus tuberosusLinnaeus,  Species Plantarum2: 905. 1753.  "Habitat in Brasilia." RCN: 6540.   Lectotype(Cockerell in Amer. Naturalist53: 188. 1919): [icon] "Flos Solis Farnesianus, Aster Peruan.tuberosus"in Colonna, Ekphr., ed. 2: 11, 13. 1616.