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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book chapter
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Psoralea americana
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
2
: 763. 1753
.
"Habitat in America?" RCN: 5630.
Type not designated.
Original material:
Herb. Burser XVIII(2): 17 (
UPS
)
; [icon] in
Dodoens
, Stirp. Hist. Pempt., ed. 2: 566, 567. 1616; [icon] in Plantin, Pl. Stirp. Icon. 2: 31. 1581.
Current name:
Cullen americanum
(L.) Rydb.
(
Fabaceae
:
Faboideae
).
Note:
Although Grimes (in
Austral. Syst. Bot.
10: 590. 1997) indicated 928.22 (LINN) as
lectotype
, this collection lacks the relevant
Species Plantarum
number (i.e.
"5"
) and is a post-1753 addition to the herbarium, and not original material for the name.