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Aspalathus nigra Linnaeus 1771

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

Description

Aspalathus nigra Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 262. 1771.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei montibus." RCN: 5222.

Lectotype (Dahlgren in Leistner, Fl. Southern Africa 16(3:6): 193. 1988): Tulbagh 151, Herb. Linn. No. 893.22 (LINN).

Current name: Aspalathus nigra L. (Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Dahlgren (in Opera Bot. 6(2): 41. 1961) indicated 893.22 (LINN) only as "orig. coll.", but clarified this to “type” in 1988.

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 324, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Aspalathus
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
893.22
Order
Fabales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
nigra
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Aspalathus nigra Linnaeus, 1771 sec. Jarvis, 2007