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Protea linearis Houtt.

Description

91. Protea linearis Houtt.,

Nat. Hist. II(4): Aanwyz. Plaat. [1], 116, tab. 19, fig. 2. 1775.

Lectotypus (designated here by Veldkamp & Callmander): SOUTH AFRICA: Cape, Auge s.n. [?] (G-PREL [G00818074]!).

= Leucadendron brunioides Meisn. in A. DC., Prodr. 14: 215. 1856.

Notes. – A single original specimen is in the Cape herbarium in G-PREL probably collected by Auge. This collection was used for the illustration and is designated here as the lectotype.

Protea linearis is the first report by Houttuyn of a specimen from South Africa in his own herbarium (see introduction p. 158).

Notes

Published as part of Wijnands, Dirk Onno, Heniger, Johannes, Veldkamp, Jan Frederik, Fumeaux, Nicolas & Callmander, Martin W., 2017, The botanical legacy of Martinus Houttuyn (1720 - 1798) in Geneva, pp. 155-198 in Candollea 72 (1) on pages 186-187, DOI: 10.15553/c2017v721a11, http://zenodo.org/record/5721887

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Biodiversity

Collection code
G-PREL
Material sample ID
G00818074
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Proteales
Family
Proteaceae
Genus
Protea
Species
linearis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype