Henry Trimen: Under‐appreciated pioneer in the typification of Linnaean plant names?

In 1887, Henry Trimen published a paper summarising the contents of the Hermann Herbarium, in what is now the Natural History Museum, London (BM), in terms of the plant names published by Linnaeus. Trimen referred to the Hermann specimens as types of Linnaeus's names. A new analysis presented here indicates that many more names were effectively lectotypified by Trimen in the paper than have been attributed to him before. The application of various names requires to be altered in light of this re‐appraisal. For instance, should be applied to what is now known as , leaving as the correct name for the species formerly called . Similarly, becomes the correct name for , and the species formerly known as must be referred to as . The recognised types are changed for names including , , , , , , and . A total of 125 names are lectotypified here, including 117 at the second step, and 1 epitype is designated.