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
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book chapter
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971
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Crataegus tomentosa
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
1
: 476. 1753
.
"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 3645.
Type not designated.
Original material:
Clayton 55
(BM);
Kalm
,
Herb. Linn. No. 643.10 (
LINN
)
.
Current name:
Crataegus calpodendron
(Ehrh.) Medik.
(
Rosaceae
).
Note:
This name has been discussed by Eggleston (in
Rhodora
10: 78. 1908), Sargent (in
Rhodora
11: 182. 1909) and Palmer (in
J. Arnold Arb.
19: 287. 1938), who proposed it should be treated as a
nomen ambiguum.
It appears to be a candidate for rejection.