Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Phytolacca americana Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Phytolacca americana Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 441. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia, Mexico." RCN: 3419.

Lectotype (Larsen in Morat, Fl. Cambodge Laos Viêtnam 24: 118. 1989): Herb. Linn. No. 607.3 (LINN).

Generitype of Phytolacca Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 157. 1929).

Current name: Phytolacca americana L. (Phytolaccaceae).

Note: Although Nowicke (in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 55: 318. 1969) typified P. decandra L. (1762), a synonym of P. americana, she gave no indication that she was treating the two names as homotypic, so she cannot be accepted as having typified P. americana. The first typification appears to be that of Larsen, which is accepted here. Reveal (in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 76. 1993) was unaware of Larsen’s choice in designating a Clifford sheet (BM) as lectotype.

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P), pp. 718-782 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 742, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Material sample ID
607.3
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Phytolaccaceae
Genus
Phytolacca
Species
americana
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Phytolacca americana Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007