Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P)
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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Poinciana elata
Linnaeus
,
Centuria II Plantarum
: 16. 1756
.
"Habitat in India." RCN: 2989.
Lectotype
(Schrire in Turland & Jarvis in
Taxon
46: 479. 1997): Herb. Linn. No. 529.3 (
LINN
)
.
Current name:
Delonix elata
(L.) Gamble
(
Fabaceae
:
Caesalpinioideae
).
Note:
Brenan (in Milne-Redhead & Polhill,
Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Leguminosae
2: 23. 1967) indicated 529.3 and 529.4 (LINN) as syntypes. However, they are neither syntypes, nor apparently part of a single gathering so Art. 9.15 does not apply.