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Xanthosoma sagittifolium Schott

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Arum sagittifolium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 966. 1753.

"Habitat in Brasilia, Jamaica, Barbados." RCN: 6994.

Lectotype (Howard in J. Arnold Arbor. 60: 288. 1979): [icon] " Arum minus esculentum, sagittariae foliis viridi-nigricantibus" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 167, t. 106, f. 2. 1707. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 3: 40 (BM-SL).

Current name: Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott (Araceae).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “sagittaefolium” in the protologue.

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 319, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BM-SL
Material sample ID
40
Scientific name authorship
Schott
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Xanthosoma
Species
sagittifolium
Taxon rank
species
Type status
typotype
Taxonomic concept label
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (Linnaeus, 1753) sec. Jarvis, 2007