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 Mesembryanthemum spinosum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 483. 1753 . "Habitat in Africa." RCN: 3700. Lectotype (Hartmann & Stueber in Contr. Bolus Herb. 15: 66. 1993): [icon] " Mesembryanthemum fruticescens, ramulis triacanthis" in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 276, t. 208, f. 265. 1732. Current name: Ruschia spinosa (L.) Dehn ( Aizoaceae ). Note: Edmondson & Rowley (in Bradleya 16: 15, f. 1. 1998) reproduce the type illustration in colour.