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Atropa belladonna Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Atropa belladonna Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 181. 1753.

"Habitat in Austriae, Angliae montibus sylvosis." RCN: 1439.

Lectotype (Schönbeck-Temesy in Rechinger, Fl. Iranica 100: 70. 1972): Herb. Linn. No. 246.2 (LINN).

Generitype of Atropa Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 132. 1929).

Current name: Atropa belladonna L. (Solanaceae).

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 339, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Material sample ID
246.2
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Atropa
Species
belladonna
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Atropa belladonna Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007