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Indigofera tinctoria Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Indigofera argentea Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 273. 1771, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 5558.

Lectotype (Schrire in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 473. 1997): [icon] "Coluteae affinis fruticosa argentea floribus spicatis e viridi purpureis siliquis falcatis" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 37, t. 176, f. 3. 1725. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 6: 8, upper left specimen (BM-SL).

Current name: Indigofera tinctoria L. (Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: A later homonym of Indigofera argentea Burm. f. (1768) and hence illegitimate. See comments by Ali (Rev. Gen. Indigofera: 565. 1958).

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 589, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BM-SL
Material sample ID
8
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Indigofera
Species
tinctoria
Taxon rank
species
Type status
typotype
Taxonomic concept label
Indigofera tinctoria Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007