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Corynephorus canescens P. Beauv.

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Aira canescens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 65. 1753.

"Habitat in Scania & australioris Europae arvis." RCN: 559.

Lectotype (Cope in Cafferty & al. in Taxon 49: 244. 2000): Herb. Linn. No. 85.16 (LINN).

Current name: Corynephorus canescens (L.) P. Beauv. (Poaceae).

Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 121. 1975) stated "Type: …LINN”, this is not accepted as a formal typification, for the reasons explained by Cafferty & al. (in Taxon 49: 240. 2000).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), pp. 252-342 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 272, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Material sample ID
85.16
Scientific name authorship
P. Beauv.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Corynephorus
Species
canescens
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Corynephorus canescens (Linnaeus, 1753) sec. Jarvis, 2007