Helicteres isora Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 963. 1753 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part H) Jarvis, Charlie L. Linnaeus 1753 Magnoliopsida Malvaceae Helicteres Plantae Malvales Tracheophyta species isora      Helicteres isoraLinnaeus,  Species Plantarum2: 963. 1753.  "Habitat in Malabaria, Jamaica." RCN: 6970.   Lectotype(Howard in J. Arnold Arbor.54: 454. 1973): [icon] " Helicteresarbor Ind. Or. siliqua varicosa, & funiculi in modum contortuplicata"in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 245, f. 2 [closed fr. only]. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 181. 1696.   Generitypeof  HelicteresLinnaeus(vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 186. 1929).   Note:Leach (in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg.127: 52. 1993) designated the cited Rheede plate as type but this choice is pre-dated by that of Howard, as noted by Cristobal(in Bonplandia11: 170. 2001).