Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part L)
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
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971
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Lobelia inflata
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum 2
: 931. 1753
.
"Habitat in Virginia, Canada." RCN: 6752.
Lectotype
(designated here by Reveal): [icon]
"
Lobelia
caule erecto, foliis ovatis subserratis pedunculo longioribus, capsulis inflatis"
in Linnaeus in Acta Soc. Regiae Sci. Upsal. 1741: 23, t. 1. 1741 (see p. 84).
Current name:
Lobelia inflata
L.
(
Campanulaceae
).
Note:
McVaugh (in
Rhodora
38: 232. 1936) indicated 1051.26 (LINN) as type, but the sheet lacks the relevant
Species Plantarum
number (i.e.
"12"
) and was a post-1753 addition to the collection and is not original material for the name.