Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part R) 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 785 805 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Rhexia virginica Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 346. 1753 . "Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 2649. Lectotype (James in Brittonia 8: 226. 1956): Clayton 227 (BM-000042221). Generitype of Rhexia Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. : 149. 1929). Current name: Rhexia virginica L. ( Melastomataceae ). Note: Although Griscom (in Rhodora 37: 171. 1935) claimed to have studied the type, he gave no indication of which element this might be. James' choice is accepted here.