Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M)
Author
Jarvis, Charlie
Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
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Marchantia polymorpha
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
2
: 1137. 1753
.
"Habitat in Europa juxta aquas, locis umbrosis." RCN: 8140.
Lectotype
(Bischler-Causse & Boisselier-Daubayle in
J. Bryol.
16: 363. 1991): [icon]
"Lichen fontanus major, stellatus aeque, ac umbellatus, & cyathophorus"
in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 523, t. 76, f. 6 E, F. 1741. - Voucher:
Herb. Dillenius (
OXF
)
.
Generitype
of
Marchantia
Linnaeus
(vide Leman,
Dict. Sci. Nat.
29
: 115. 1823).
Current name:
Marchantia polymorpha
L.
(
Marchantiaceae
).
Note:
Warncke (in
Bot. Tidsskr.
63: 359. 1968) referred to material at LINN (evidently sheet 1269.1) as "the type", but as it is associated with the Lapland plant described as the unnamed var. γ, it was rejected from consideration by Isoviita (in
Acta Bot. Fenn.
89: 7. 1970) and Grolle (in
Feddes Repert.
87: 210. 1976). Bischler-Causse & Boisselier-Daubayle (1991) have subsequently designated the cited Dillenius illustration as
lectotype
, and have been followed by e.g. Bischler & Piippo (in
Ann. Bot. Fenn.
28: 279. 1991) and Perold (in
Fl. Southern Africa, Hepatophyta
: 84. 1999). The latter (p. 87) discusses current names for
Linnaeus'
unnamed varieties.