Casuarina equisetifolia L., 1759

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 370-473 : 394

Casuarina equisetifolia Linnaeus , Amoenitates Academicae 4: 143. 1759.

RCN: 7514.

Lectotype (Merrill, Interpret. Rumph. Herb. Amb.: 180. 1917): [icon] " Casuarina Litorea " in Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 3: 86, t. 57. 1743 (see p. 249).

Generitype of Casuarina Linnaeus.

Current name: Casuarina equisetifolia L. ( Casuarinaceae ).

Note: Much has been written about Casuarina , chiefly concerning its date of publication (1759) and the status of C. equisetifolia L. (valid from 1759) and " C. litorea L. " (not validly published; Art. 34.1, Ex. 2.(a)). See discussion by Friis (in Taxon 29: 499. 1980) and Fosberg ( l.c. 30: 218. 1981).