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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Apium graveolens
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
1
: 264. 1753
.
"Habitat in Europae humectis, praesertim maritimis." RCN: 2110.
Lectotype
(Tardieu-Blot in
Aubreville
,
Fl. Cambodge Laos Vietnam
5: 44. 1967): Herb. Linn. No. 374.3 (
LINN
)
.
Generitype
of
Apium
Linnaeus.
Current name:
Apium graveolens
L.
(
Apiaceae
).
Note:
Apium graveolens
, with the type designated by Reduron & Jarvis (Herb. Clifford: 107,
Apium
1, BM), was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in
Taxon
41: 557. 1992). However, the proposal was eventually ruled unnecessary by the General Committee (see Barrie,
l.c.
55: 795-796. 2006 for a review of the history of this and related proposals). The type designated by Reduron & Jarvis is, however, pre-dated by the choice of 374.3 (LINN) by Tardieu-Blot (1967). With the failure of the conservation proposal, this collection becomes the correct choice as type.