Mitracarpus hirtus

Authors :: Jarvis, Charlie
Publication Year :: 2007
Publisher :: Zenodo, 2007.
Abstract: Spermacoce hirta Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 148. 1762. "Habitat in Jamaica." RCN: 839. Lectotype (Verdcourt in Kew Bull. 30: 318. 1975): Herb. Linn. No. 125.8 (LINN). Current name: Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC. (Rubiaceae). Note: See discussion by Verdcourt, and Nicolson (in Taxon 26: 572. 1977) and Howard (Fl. Lesser Antilles 6: 434. 1989).<br />Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part S), pp. 806-877 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 868, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971