Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Melampodium americanum Linnaeus 1753

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

Description

Melampodium americanum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 921. 1753.

"Habitat in Vera Cruce." RCN: 6658.

Lectotype (Stuessy in Rhodora 74: 21. 1972): Houstoun, Herb. Clifford: 425, Melampodium 1 (BM-000647294).

Generitype of Melampodium Linnaeus.

Current name: Melampodium americanum L. (Asteraceae).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 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 661, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BM
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Melampodium
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
BM-000647294
Order
Asterales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
americanum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Melampodium americanum Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007