Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A) Author Jarvis, Charlie Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK text 2007 Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum London Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types 252 342 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Acanthus mollis Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 639. 1753 . "Habitat in Italiae, Siciliae, humentibus, duris." RCN: 4646. Lectotype (Brummitt in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 14. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 326, Acanthus 1 (BM-000646246) . Generitype of Acanthus Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. : 170. 1929). Current name: Acanthus mollis L. ( Acanthaceae ). Note: The type choice has been attributed to Hossain (in Davis, Fl. Turkey 7: 27. 1982) by some authors (e.g. Wasshausen & Wood in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 10. 2004). However, this is incorrect as Hossain notes the existence not only of Clifford but also of LINN (sheet 816.1) material, and refers to neither as the type.