Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part D) Author Jarvis, Charlie Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK text 2007 Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum London Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types 474 489 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Dolichos ensiformis Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 725. 1753 . "Habitat in Jamaica." RCN: 5350. Lectotype (Sauer in Brittonia 16: 142. 1964): [icon] " Phaseolus maximus , siliqua ensiformi nervis insignita, et semine albo membranula incluso" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 177, t. 114, f. 1, 2, 3. 1707. - Typotype : Herb. Sloane 3: 67 ( BM-SL ) . Current name: Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ). Note: Fawcett & Rendle ( Fl. Jamaica 4: 61. 1920) stated "Type in Herb. Mus. Brit, and specimen from Jacquin's Herb." but this cannot be accepted as a formal typification.