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
370
473
book chapter
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Citrus aurantium
Linnaeus var.
sinensis
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
2
: 783. 1753
.
RCN: 5727.
Lectotype
(Mabberley in
Telopea
7: 170. 1997): Herb. Linn. No. 937.2, lower row of leaves (
LINN
)
.
Current name:
Citrus
x
aurantium
L.
(
Rutaceae
).
Note:
Porter & Elias (in
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.
66: 132. 1979) indicated Bauhin material (BAS), unseen by Linnaeus, as the type, but it is not original material for the name.