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Festuca ovina Linnaeus 1755

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Festuca ovina Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 73. 1753.

"Habitat in Alpibus Lapponicae, Helvetiae, Scotiae." RCN: 614.

Lectotype (Kerguélen in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 150. 1975): Herb. Linn. No. 92.1; Lapland Herb. No. 55 (LINN; iso- LAPP).

Generitype of Festuca Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 120. 1929).

Current name: Festuca ovina L. (Poaceae).

Note: A detailed account of the original elements is given by Jarvis & al. (in Watsonia 16: 300. 1987) who also illustrated the type (their pl. 2A), though their choice is pre-dated by that of Kerguélen (1975).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part F), pp. 516-528 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 518, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN LAPP
Material sample ID
55
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Festuca
Species
ovina
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Festuca ovina Linnaeus, 1755 sec. Jarvis, 2007