Melolobium aethiopicum (L.) Druce, 1984

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 : 472

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scientific name	Melolobium aethiopicum (L.) Druce
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Cytisus aethiopicus Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 2: 740. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 5273.

Lectotype (Polhill in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 468. 1997): [icon] " Cytisus Aethiopicus , subrotundis, incanis minoribus foliis, floribus parvis, luteis" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 278, f. 3. 1694; Almag. Bot.: 128. 1696. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 100: 15 ( BM-SL) .

Current name: Melolobium aethiopicum (L.) Druce View in CoL ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Note: Wijnands ( Bot. Commelins: 165. 1983) provided an extensive discussion of this name but did not designate a type.