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Antirrhinum majus Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Antirrhinum majus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 617. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae australis maceriis, sepibus." RCN: 4462.

Lectotype (Sutton in Jarvis & al, Regnum Veg. 127: 19. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 767.58 (LINN).

Generitype of Antirrhinum Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 167. 1929).

Current name: Antirrhinum majus L. (Scrophulariaceae).

Note: Sutton (Revis. Tribe Antirrhineae: 92. 1988) indicated 767.58 (LINN) as a syntype, subsequently (in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 19. 1993) explicitly treating it as the lectotype. As the material in question was not a syntype, the type choice dates from 1993.

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 305, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Material sample ID
767.58
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Antirrhinum
Species
majus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Antirrhinum majus Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007