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Ricinus communis Linnaeus 1753

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Croton spinosus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1005. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 7287.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Hermann 5: 361, No. 347 [icon] (BM); [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 108, f. 3. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 320. 1696.

Current name: Ricinus communis L. (Euphorbiaceae).

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

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 462, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BM
Material sample ID
361
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Ricinus
Species
communis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ricinus communis Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007