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Aconitum napellus Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Aconitum napellus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 532. 1753.

"Habitat in Helvetia, Bavaria, Gallia." RCN: 3954.

Lectotype (Seitz in Feddes Repert. 80: 24, t. 1. 1969): Herb. Clifford: 214, Aconitum 3, sheet A (BM-000628795).

Generitype of Aconitum Linnaeus.

Current name: Aconitum napellus L. (Ranunculaceae).

Note: Aconitum napellus, with the type designated by Seitz (but in the proposal erroneously attributed to Molero & Blanché in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 41: 212. 1984), was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 555. 1992). However, the proposal was eventually ruled unnecessary by the General Committee (see Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006 for a review of the history of this and related proposals).

Seitz’s choice of the Clifford sheet as type was rejected by Skalický (in Preslia 54: 117. 1982), on the grounds of geographical conflict with the protologue, and a neotype chosen. Despite being followed by Starmühler (in Wisskirchen & Haeupler, Standardliste Farn-Blütenpfl. Deutschl. : 41. 1998), this is in any case invalid because original elements are in existence.

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), pp. 252-342 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 258, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BM
Material sample ID
BM-000628795
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Aconitum
Species
napellus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Aconitum napellus Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007