Vinca major L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part V), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 911-926 : 923

Vinca major Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 209. 1753 .

"Habitat in Gallia Narbonensi, Hispania." RCN: 1712.

Lectotype (Stearn in Taylor & Farnsworth, Vinca Alkaloids : 79. 1973): Herb. Linn. No. 299.3 ( LINN) .

Current name: Vinca major L. ( Apocynaceae ).

Note: Vinca major was treated as the generitype by Britton & Brown ( Ill. Fl. N. U. S., ed. 2, 3: 20. 1913). However, under Art. 10.5, Ex. 7 (a voted example) of the Vienna Code, this is a type choice made under the American Code and is to be replaced under Art. 10.5b by Hitchcock’s choice ( Prop. Brit. Bot.: 136. 1929) of V minor L.