Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part S) 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 806 877 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Silphium asteriscus Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 920. 1753 . "Habitat in Virginia, Carolina." RCN: 6649. Lectotype (Perry in Rhodora 39: 292. 1937): [icon] "Asteriscus Coronae Solis flore & facie" in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 42, t. 37, f. 42. 1732. - Typotype : Herb. Sherard No. 1977 ( OXF ) . Generitype of Silphium Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. : 183. 1929). Current name: Silphium asteriscus L. var. asteriscus ( Asteraceae ).