Asclepias amoena Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 214. 1753 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A) Jarvis, Charlie    Asclepias amoena Linnaeus ,  Species Plantarum 1 : 214. 1753  H6MW 528298 L. Linnaeus 1753 Magnoliopsida Apocynaceae Asclepias Plantae Gentianales Tracheophyta species purpurascens      Asclepias amoenaLinnaeus,  Species Plantarum1: 214. 1753.  "Habitat in America septentrionali." RCN: 1774.   Lectotype(Reveal & al. in Huntia7: 155. 1987): [icon] " Apocynumfloribus amoene purpureis, corniculis surrectis"in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 31, t. 27, f. 30. 1732. -  Typotype: Herb. Sherard No. 569 ( OXF).   Note:See Gray (in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts12: 67. 1876) and Britten (in J. Bot.36: 298. 1898) who both use the expression "founded upon" (which is not accepted as equivalent to "type") in connection with the cited Dillenius plate. 2612070399 OXF 569 typotype