Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C)
Author
Jarvis, Charlie
Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
text
2007
Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
London
Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types
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Carum carvi
Linnaeus var.
peregrinum
Linnaeus
,
Demonstr. Pl. Horto Upsaliensi
: 8. 1753
,
nom. inval.
RCN: 2101.
Type not relevant.
Note:
The protologue consists of the name "
Carum peregrinum
", or possibly "
Carum carvi var. peregrinum
" - the epithet is not absolutely in alignment in the column with the previous epithet, i.e.
"carvi"
, which led Rickett (in
Lloydia
18: 54. 1955) to query this. The epithet
"peregrinum"
is followed by
"(u)"
, which provides a link to a footnote which reads as follows:
"(u) Carvi peregrinum difficile determinatur; duplo majus est Carvo Carvi dicto, ex australibus terris allatum.".
There is nothing in the footnote that could serve as a validating description, and
Carum peregrinum
(or
C. carvi
var.
peregrinum
) must therefore be regarded as a
nomen nudum.