Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A)
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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Astragalus pentaglottis
Linnaeus
,
Mantissa Plantarum Altera
: 274. 1771
,
nom. illeg.
"Habitat in Hispania." RCN: 5594.
Replaced synonym:
Astragalus echinatus
Murray (1770)
.
Type not designated.
Current name:
Astragalus echinatus
Murray
(
Fabaceae
:
Faboideae
).
Note:
Linnaeus included
A. echinatus Murray
(1770)
within his protologue so
A. pentaglottis
is illegitimate. See discussion by Lacaita (in
J. Bot.
50: 220. 1912) on the confusion between this and
A. epiglottis
L. (1753)
.