Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M) 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 651 689 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Melianthus major Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 639. 1753 . "Habitat in Aethiopiae succulentis." RCN: 4652. Type not designated. Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 818.2 ( LINN ) ; Herb. Linn. No. 818.1 ( LINN ) ; [icon] in Hermann, Hort. Lugd.-Bat. Cat.: 414, 415. 1687. Generitype of Melianthus Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. : 170. 1929). Current name: Melianthus major L. ( Melianthaceae ).