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Rorippa islandica

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

Description

Sisymbrium pyrenaicum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1132. 1759, nom. illeg.

["Habitat in Pyrenaeis, Helveticis alpibus."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 916 (1763). RCN: 4779.

Lectotype (López González in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 52: 102. 1994): Herb. Linn. No. 836.4 (LINN).

Current name: Rorippa islandica (Gunnerus) Borbás (Brassicaceae).

Note: See extensive discussion on the correct name for this taxon by López Gonzólez (in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 52: 102. 1994). He indicates 836.4 (LINN) as the lectotype, allegedly following Ball (in Feddes Repert. 64: 14. 1962), and reproduces the Morison figure (as his f. 1 on p. 98). Although Ball discussed the identity of this sheet and the Allioni figure (probably Rorippa pyrenaica (All.) Rchb.), he did not choose a type, concluding "As the name is illegitimate, the confusion and doubt as to the identity of this species does not have any serious nomenclatural consequences". It is illegitimate because it is a later homonym of S. pyrenaicum Loefl. (1758).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part S), pp. 806-877 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 856, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Rorippa
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
836.4
Order
Brassicales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Gunnerus
Species
islandica
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype