Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A) 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 252 342 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Aster laevis Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 876. 1753 . "Habitat in America septentrionali. Kalm." RCN: 6337. Lectotype (Scott in Bosser & al., Fl. Mascareignes 109: 111. 1993): Kalm , Herb. Linn. No. 997.44 ( LINN ) . Current name: Aster laevis L. ( Asteraceae ). Note: Although Gray (in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 166. 1882) stated that this was "described wholly from his [ Kalm's ] specimen", this wording is not effective in typifying the name.