Editing Kalmia latifolia (section)

==Taxonomy==
[[File:Illustration from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby, digitally enhanced by rawpixel-com 64.jpg|thumb|The [[Type_(biology)#In_botany|type]] of ''Kalmia latifolia'' is a [[botanical illustration]].]]
''Kalmia latifolia'' was named and described by the renowned Swedish botanist [[Carl Linnaeus]] in 1753.{{r|IPNI:279164-2}}{{sfnp|Linnaeus|1753|loc=[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358410#page/403/mode/1up p.&nbsp;391]}} In his description, Linnaeus referred to an earlier description and illustration of ''Chamaedaphne foliis'' published by the English [[natural history|naturalist]] [[Mark Catesby]] in 1743.{{sfnp|Catesby|1734–1747|loc=[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126154#page/302/mode/1up p.&nbsp;98, t.&nbsp;98]}} Catesby's illustration was designated as the [[lectotype]] of ''Kalmia latifolia'' {{small|L.}} in 1993.{{sfnp|Reveal|2012|pages=13,24}}