Erica plukenetii Linnaeus 1753

Erica plukenetii Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 356. 1753. "Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 2761, 2814. Lectotype (Oliver & al. in Oliver & Oliver in Bothalia 32: 41. 2002): [icon] " Chamaepitys Aethiopica foliis laete virentibus, flore oblongo, phoeniceo, plusquam eleganti, sive Plusqueneti " in Plukenet, Almag. Mant.: 45, t. 344, f. 3. 1700. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 89: 11 (BM-SL). Current name: Erica plukenetii L. (Ericaceae). Note: Specific epithet spelled “plukeneti” in the protologue.Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part E), pp. 490-515 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 500, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.29197