Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part O)
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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book chapter
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Ophrys ovata
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
2
: 946. 1753
.
"Habitat in Europae subhumidis pratis." RCN: 6845.
Lectotype
(Renz in Nasir & Ali,
Fl. Pakistan
164: 8. 1984): Herb. Linn. No. 1056.10 (
LINN
)
.
Current name:
Listera ovata
(L.) R. Br.
(
Orchidaceae
).
Note:
Baumann & al. (in
Mitteilungsbl. Arbeitskr. Heim. Orchid.
Baden-Wuerttemberg
21: 499, Abb. 26. 1989) provided a detailed discussion of the name, designating a Fuchs plate as
lectotype
but overlooked the earlier type choice by Renz.