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Gypsophila altissima Linnaeus 1753

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

Description

Gypsophila altissima Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 407. 1753.

"Habitat in Sibiria." RCN: 3188.

Lectotype (Lazkov in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 1052. 2004): Herb. Linn. No. 579.10 (LINN).

Current name: Gypsophila altissima L. (Caryophyllaceae).

Note: Although Barkoudah (in Wentia 9: 68. 1962) stated that Herb. Linn, sheets 579.10, 11 and 12 "are [the] only authentic specimens", this statement does not effect typification.

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part G), pp. 529-556 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 529, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Material sample ID
579.10
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Gypsophila
Species
altissima
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Gypsophila altissima Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007