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).