Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Asplenium erosum Linnaeus 1759

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

Description

Asplenium erosum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1324. 1759.

["Habitat in India occidentali."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1540 (1763). RCN: 7851.

Lectotype (Underwood in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 196. 1906): [icon] "Lonchitis major, pinnis angustioribus leviter denticulatis superiori latere auriculatis" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 78, t. 33, f. 2. 1707.

Current name: Asplenium erosum L. (Aspleniaceae).

Note: Underwood clearly designated the cited Sloane plate as the type, pre-dating the choice made by Weatherby (in Contr. Gray Herb. 114: 20. 1936) of 1250.22 (LINN). Unfortunately, Sloane’s plant appears to be identifiable as A. auritum Sw. rather than A. erosum though most authors have adopted Weatherby’s type choice. However, Underwood’s choice has priority, and it appears that a proposal for the conservation of A. erosum, with a conserved type, may be necessary.

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 pages 327-328, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Aspleniaceae
Genus
Asplenium
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Polypodiales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
erosum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Asplenium erosum Linnaeus, 1759 sec. Jarvis, 2007