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Chironia linoides Linnaeus 1753

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

Description

Chironia linoides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 189. 1753.

"Habitat in Capitis b. Spei herbidis." RCN: 1518.

Lectotype (Verdoorn in Bothalia 7: 459. 1961): Herb. Clifford: 54, Chironia 1 (BM-000557978).

Generitype of Chironia Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 133. 1929).

Current name: Chironia linoides L. (Gentianaceae).

Note: See the detailed discussion of the original elements given by Prain (in Kew Bull. 1908: 352-353. 1908) who, however, did not designate a type.

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), pp. 370-473 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 412, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BM
Family
Gentianaceae
Genus
Chironia
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
BM-000557978
Order
Gentianales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
linoides
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Chironia linoides Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007