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Asparagus officinalis Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Asparagus officinalis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 313. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae arenosis." RCN: 2460.

Lectotype (Valdés in Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 32: 1079. 1975): Herb. Linn. No. 434.1 (LINN).

Generitype of Asparagus Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 146. 1929).

Current name: Asparagus officinalis L. (Liliaceae / Asparagaceae).

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 325, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Material sample ID
434.1
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Asparagus
Species
officinalis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Asparagus officinalis Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007