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Melanthium virginicum Linnaeus 1753

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

Description

Melanthium virginicum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 339. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 2611.

Lectotype (Reveal in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 65. 1993): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 467.1 (LINN).

Generitype of Melanthium Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 148. 1929).

Current name: Melanthium virginicum L. (Liliaceae / Melanthiaceae).

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 662, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Family
Melanthiaceae
Genus
Melanthium
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
467.1
Order
Liliales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
virginicum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Melanthium virginicum Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007