Polygala chinensis L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 718-782 : 754

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Polygala chinensis Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 2: 704. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 5150.

Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4: 244. 1920): Herb. Linn. No. 882.26 ( LINN) , see opposite.

Current name: Polygala chinensis L. View in CoL ( Polygalaceae ).

Note: See discussion by Burtt (in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 403-404. 1973) who proposed (though not formally) the rejection of the name. However, it appears to have continued in use.