Gerbera crocea Kuntze 1898

Arnica crocea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 885. 1753. "Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6402. Lectotype (Hansen in Jarvis & Turland in Taxon 47: 353. 1998): [icon] " Gerbera foliis planis, dentatis, flore purpureo" in Burman, Rar. Afric. Pl.: 157, t. 56, f. 2. 1739. Current name: Gerbera crocea (L.) Kuntze (Asteraceae). Note: Hansen (in Opera Bot. 78: 13. 1985) indicates Herb. Linn. 1001.7 (LINN) as holotype. However, this collection lacks the Species Plantarum number (in this case, “4”) written by Linnaeus and was a later addition to the herbarium, and not original material for the name. Recognising this, Hansen subsequently designated a Burman plate as lectotype in its place.Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), pp. 252-342 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 316, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.29197