Achyranthes lanata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 204. 1753.

"Habitat in India ." RCN: 1672.

Basionym of: Illecebrum lanatum (L.) L. (1771) .

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Burman, Thes. Zeylan.: 60, t. 26, f. 1. 1737; [icon] in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 10: 57, t. 29. 1690; [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 75, f. 8. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 27. 1696.

Current name: Aerva lanata (L.) Schult. ( Amaranthaceae).

Note: Although Townsend (in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 31. 1974) indicated 290.6 (LINN) as holotype, the sheet lacks a Species Plantarum number (i.e. “3”) and was a post-1753 addition to the herbarium, and is not original material for the name. With other original material in existence, it cannot be treated as neotype.