Cinchona officinalis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 172. 1753. "Habitat in Loxa Peruviae." RCN: 1360. Lectotype (Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 34. 1993): [icon] " Quinquina " in Condamine in Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Paris 1738: 226, t. 5. 1738. - Voucher: Herb. Jussieu 9899+B (P-JU). - Epitype (Andersson in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 80: 55. 1998): Herb. Jussieu 9899+B (P-JU). Generitype of Cinchona Linnaeus. Current name: Cinchona officinalis L. (Rubiaceae). Note: From correspondence between Linnaeus and Mútis in 1764 (quoted by Jaramillo-Arongo, The Conquest of Malaria: 82. 1950), it is clear that Linnaeus’ original 1753 concept was based solely on Condamine’s account of 1738. Jarvis & al. (in Regnum Veg. 127: 34. 1993) indicated Condamine’s t. 5 as the holotype which was incorrect in that a second plate, t. 6, also formed part of the protologue. However, this statement is correctable under Art. 9.8, leaving t. 5 as the lectotype, a choice also accepted by Andersson (in Harling & Andersson, Fl. Ecuador 50: 51. 1994) and others. The type figure is reproduced by Jaramillo-Arongo (l.c.: t. 23), along with a drawing (t. 25) made by Santisteban which Mútis sent to Linnaeus.

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), pp. 370-473 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 417, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971