Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part X) 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 928 930 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Xyris indica Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 42. 1753 . "Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 358. Lectotype (Hansen in Leroy, Fl. Cambodge Laos Viet-Nam 20: 157. 1983): [icon] " Kotsjiletti-pullu " in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 9: 139, t. 71. 1689. Generitype of Xyris Linnaeus. Current name: Xyris indica L. ( Xyridaceae ). Note: Rendle (in J. Bot. 37: 497-499. 1899) and Nilsson (in Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. , n.s., 24(14): 38. 1892) discussed the original elements for this name in some detail but did not choose a type for the Old World element to which this name has long been applied.