Type : "Habitat in Indiis" [protologue].
Sri Lanka, P. Hermann (LT:
BM000621800 [ex hb. Hermann 3: 3, No. 202 ; sur
Global plants; désigné par Stevens
in Jarvis
et al. (ed.), Regnum Veg., 127: 28. 1993]).
D'après
The Linnean Plant Name Typification Project: "Furtado (
in Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem., 11: 258-260. 1941), followed by Howard (
in J. Arnold Arbor., 43:
397. 1962), argued that the name should be applied to the New World element but did not typify the name. D'Arcy & Keating (
in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard., 66:
563. 1979), followed by Lourteig & Fosberg (
in Phytologia, 57:
153-
155,
f. 1. 1985), designated Plumier, Nov. Amer. Gen.:
t. 18 (1703) as lectotype but this illustration does not form part of the protologue, so is ineligible. Kostermans (
in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 1: 96. 1980) indicated Clifford material (BM, unseen by him and apparently not preserved) as the type. Stevens (
in J. Arnold Arbor., 61:
256. 1980) indicated the several specimens in Herb. Hermann (1: 65, 2: 42, 52; 3: 3, BM) as syntypes, also providing an extensive discussion of the problem in Manilal (Bot. Hist. Hort. Malab.: 168-176. 1980). Stevens (
in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg 127: 28. 1993) subsequently made an explicit choice of the material in Herb. Hermann 3: 3 (BM) as the lectotype."
