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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Chondrilla nudicaulis
Linnaeus
,
Mantissa Plantarum Altera
: 278. 1771
,
nom. cons.
"Habitat in America septentrionali; ad pyramides aegypti." RCN: 5827.
Conserved type (Kilian in
Taxon
43: 297. 1994): Egypt. "Kairo, in palmetis ad El Marg", 27 Apr 1908,
Bornmueller
10830
(JE;
iso-
G, LD, LE).
Current name:
Launaea nudicaulis
(L.) Hook.
f. (
Asteraceae
).
Note:
Fernald & Schubert (in
Rhodora
50: 176. 1948) noted that this was not an American plant, but the Mediterranean species
Launaea nudicaulis
(L.) Hook.
f. Jeffrey (in
Kew Bull.
18: 470. 1966) designated 951.6 (LINN) as
lectotype
but this collection turned out to be identifiable as
Lactuca intybacea
jacq. Kilian (in
Taxon
41: 297. 1994) successfully proposed the conservation of the name with a conserved type in order to maintain its usage.