Pothos crenatus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1373. 1763. "Habitat in insula S. Thomae." RCN: 7021. Lectotype (Mayo in Kew Bull. 36: 705. 1982): [icon] " Dracontium acaule, foliis lanceolatis, serratis " in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 27, t. 39. 1756. Current name: Anthurium crenatum (L.) Kunth (Araceae). Note: Specific epithet spelled “crenata” in the protologue. Lourteig (in Bradea 5: 339. 1990) wrongly treated this as illegitimate, on the grounds that its type (Burman’s plate) was originally based on the Plumier plate that is the type of P. acaulis Jacq. (1760). However, the protologue of Linnaeus’ name did not include P. acaulis so, as names cannot be made illegitimate through typification, P. crenatus is legitimate.

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P), pp. 718-782 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 768, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971