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Dryas octopetala Linnaeus 1753

  • 1. Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Description

Dryas octopetala Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 501. 1753.

"Habitat in Alpibus Lapponicis, Helveticis, Austriacis, Sabaudicis, Hibernicis, Sibiricis." RCN: 3810.

Lectotype (Barrie in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 44. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 658.3 (LINN).

Generitype of Dryas Linnaeus (vide Willdenow in Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. 5: 397. 1811).

Current name: Dryas octopetala L. (Rosaceae).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part D), pp. 474-489 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 489, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Dryas
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
658.3
Order
Rosales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
octopetala
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Dryas octopetala Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007