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Astragalus sesameus Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Astragalus sesameus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 759. 1753.

"Habitat in G. Narbonensi, Italia." RCN: 5593.

Lectotype (designated here by Podlech): [icon] " Astragalus annuus foliis & siliquis hirsutis, plurimis infoliorum alis sessilibus " in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 79, f. 3. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 60. 1696. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 99: 137 (BM-SL).

Current name: Astragalus sesameus L. (Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Gazer (in Sendtnera 1: 122. 1993) designated 926.24 (LINN) as lectotype, but the sheet lacks the relevant Species Plantarum number (i.e. “17”), was a post-1753 addition to the herbarium and is not original material for the name. This name was considered by Turland & Jarvis (in Taxon 46: 464. 1997) where it was to have been typified by Podlech using a Plukenet illustration. However, the omission of any reference to “type” rendered this ineffective. This type choice is validated here.

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 335, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BM-SL
Material sample ID
137
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Astragalus
Species
sesameus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Astragalus sesameus Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007