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
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book chapter
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Croton laccifer
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
2
: 1005. 1753
.
"Habitat in India." RCN: 7278.
Lectotype
(Chakrabarty & Balakrishnan,
Bull. Bot. Survey India
34: 26. 1992; Philcox in Dassanayake & Clayton,
Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon
11: 99. 1997): Herb. Hermann 3: 54, No. 344 (BM-000628006)
.
Current name:
Croton laccifer
L.
(
Euphorbiaceae
).
Note:
Specific epithet spelled
"lacciferum"
in the protologue.
Chakrabarty & Balakrishnan indicated more than one Hermann collection (vol. 2: 54; 3: 54; 4: 38, BM) as the type. As the specimens appear to be part of a single gathering (Art. 9.15), their choice is accepted, with Philcox subsequently restricting this to the material in vol. 3: 54.