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
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London
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Amaranthus graecizans
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
2
: 990. 1753
.
"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 7166.
Lectotype
(Fernald in
Rhodora
47: 139, pl. 887. 1945):
Clayton 442
(BM-000051563).
Current name:
Amaranthus graecizans
L.
(
Amaranthaceae
).
Note:
Although some (e.g. Burtt & Lewis in
Kew Bull.
7: 352. 1952) have treated this as a
nomen confusum
, most recent authors have not.
Fernald's
type choice of a Clayton collection appears to be the earliest, although many later authors have followed Dandy & Melderis (in Fernandes,
Bol. Soc. Brot.
,
ser
. 2, 31: 191. 1957) in accepting 1117.3 (LINN) as the type.