Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part W)
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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Willichia repens
Linnaeus
,
Mantissa Plantarum Altera
: 558. 1771
.
"Habitat in Mexico." RCN: 276.
Lectotype
(Hedberg in
Bot. Not.
108: 175. 1955):
Mutis
62
, Herb. Linn. No. 475.4 (
LINN
)
.
Generitype
of
Willichia
Linnaeus.
Current name:
Sibthorpia repens
(L.) Kuntze
(
Scrophulariaceae
).
Note:
Although there are some doubts as to whether the
Mutis
specimen was in
Linnaeus'
possession by 1771, there are no other original elements for the name. If this collection proves to be a post-1771 addition to the herbarium, it should be treated as a
neotype
(designated by Hedberg) in accordance with Art. 9.8. In any event,
Hedberg's
choice has priority over that of Hampshire (in Jarvis & al.,
Regnum Veg.
127: 99. 1993) who proposed a different
neotype
(
Stafford & al. 361
, BM) from Mexico.