Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part R) 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 785 805 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 Rumex britannica Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 334. 1753 . "Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 2580. Type not designated. Original material: Herb. Clayton s.n.? ( BM ) . Current name: Rumex britannica L. ( Polygonaceae ). Note: See Fernald (in Rhodora 47: 134, pl. 883. 1945), who regards this as a nomen confusum.