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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Carex vulpina
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
2
: 973. 1753
.
"Habitat in Europae paludibus nemorosis." RCN: 7065.
Lectotype
(Nelmes in
J. Bot.
77: 265. 1939): Herb. Linn. No. 1100.22 (
LINN
)
. -
Epitype
(Foley in
Watsonia
26: 29. 2006): England. Gloucestershire, v.c. 33, near Haw Bridge, 15 Jun 2004,
M.J.Y. Foley 2020
(BM;
iso-
E, FI, G, LE).
Current name:
Carex vulpina
L.
(
Cyperaceae
).
Note:
Foley provided an extensive discussion of the original elements involved in
Linnaeus'
concept of this taxon, concluding that doubts about the identity of the
lectotype
were best resolved by the designation of an
epitype
.