Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Impatiens noli

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Impatiens noli-tangere Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 938. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae, Canadae nemoribus." RCN: 6798.

Lectotype (Grey-Wilson in Rechinger, Fl. Iranica 143: 4. 1979): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 1053.6 (LINN).

Generitype of Impatiens Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 184. 1929).

Current name: Impatiens noli - tangere L. (Balsaminaceae).

Note: Grey-Wilson (in Rechinger, Fl. Iranica 143: 4. 1979) indicated a Kalm specimen (1053.6 LINN) as type, but the collection is apparently identifiable as I. capensis Meerb. (see Barrie & al. in Taxon 41: 511. 1992). Reveal (in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 57. 1993) therefore designated a Clifford sheet as lectotype against the possible adoption of the latter work as a Names in Current Use (NCU) List. However, Grey-Wilson’s choice now has priority and, if the identity of the type is confirmed, a conservation proposal appears to be necessary.

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part I), pp. 586-598 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 588, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Material sample ID
1053.6
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Ericales
Family
Balsaminaceae
Genus
Impatiens
Species
noli
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype