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Pteridium aquilinum Kuhn

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Pteris aquilina Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1075. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae sylvis, praesertim caeduis." RCN: 7809.

Lectotype (Tryon in Rhodora 43: 19. 1941): [icon] " Filix foemina " in Fuchs, Hist. Stirp.: 597, 596. 1542. - Epitype (Thomson in Telopea 10: 795. 2004): Herb. Clifford: 473, Pteris 6 (BM-000647565).

Current name: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn (Dennstaedtiaceae).

Note: Thomson (in Telopea 10: 794-795. 2004) provides a detailed review of the various typifications that have been proposed for this name.

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 778, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BM
Material sample ID
BM-000647565
Scientific name authorship
Kuhn
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Poales
Family
Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus
Pteridium
Species
aquilinum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
epitype
Taxonomic concept label
Pteridium aquilinum (Linnaeus, 1753) sec. Jarvis, 2007