Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part F)
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
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book chapter
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Fucus discors
Linnaeus
,
Systema Naturae
, ed. 12, 2
: 717. 1767
.
RCN: 8331.
Neotype
(Roberts in
J. Linn. Soc., Bot.
60: 252. 1968): Herb. Linn. No. 1274.21, left specimen (
LINN
)
.
Current name:
Cystoseira foeniculacea
(L.) Grev.
(
Cystoseiraceae
).
Note:
The material treated as the type by Roberts is annotated only by Linnaeus filius, rather than his father, and there must be some doubt as to whether this is original material for the name. However, in the absence of any other original material, this collection is accepted as a
neotype
(Art. 9.8).