Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part D) 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 474 489 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Dianthera americana Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 27. 1753 . "Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 129. Lectotype (Reveal in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 42. 1993): Clayton 408 (BM-000051211). Generitype of Dianthera Linnaeus. Current name: Justicia americana (L.) Vahl ( Acanthaceae ).