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Crinum zeylanicum Linnaeus 1767

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Amaryllis zeylanica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 293. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 2327.

Basionym of: Crinum zeylanicum (L.) L. (1767).

Lectotype (Dassanayake in Taxon 30: 481. 1981): [icon] " Lilio-Narcissus Ceylanicus latifolius flore niveo, externe linea purpurea striato " in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 1: 73, t. 37. 1697 (see p. 250).

Current name: Crinum zeylanicum (L.) L. (Liliaceae / Amaryllidaceae).

Note: Dassanayake rejects Nordal’s typification (in Norweg. J. Bot. 24: 189. 1977; Adansonia, sér. 2, 20: 187. 1980; Fl. Gabon 28: 38. 1986) on an Ehret plate cited by Linnaeus under the unnamed var. β because Linnaeus questions whether or not it belongs to A. zeylanicum. See also Wijnands (in Bot. Commelins: 37. 1983, "The epithet ‘” zeylanica ' and the habitat ' Zeylona ' also indicate that Ehret’s plate of an African plant did not contribute to Linnaeus’ concept of A. zeylanica.

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 285, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Asparagales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Crinum
Species
zeylanicum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Crinum zeylanicum Linnaeus, 1767 sec. Jarvis, 2007