Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part V) 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 911 926 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 638. 1753 . "Habitat in Siciliae et Neapolis paludosis." RCN: 4637. Lectotype (Moldenke in Phytologia 5: 170. 1955): Herb. Linn. No. 811.4 ( LINN ) . Generitype of Vitex Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. : 170. 1929). Current name: Vitex agnus - castus L. ( Verbenaceae ).