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Amaranthus hypochondriacus Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Amaranthus flavus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1269. 1759.

["Habitat in India."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1406 (1763). RCN: 7184.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 1117.23 (LINN).

Current name: Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. (Amaranthaceae).

Note: Sauer (in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 54: 111. 1967) described Linnaeus’ diagnosis as ambiguous, and noted the existence of 1117.23 (LINN) but without explicitly treating it as the type.

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 283, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Material sample ID
1117.23
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Amaranthus
Species
hypochondriacus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Amaranthus hypochondriacus Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007