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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Caryocar nuciferum
Linnaeus
,
Mantissa Plantarum Altera
: 247. 1771
.
"Habitat in Berbices & Essequebo." RCN: 3961.
Type not designated.
Original material: none traced.
Generitype
of
Caryocar
Linnaeus.
Current name:
Caryocar nucifera
L.
(
Caryocaraceae
).
Note:
This name was evidently based on an Allemand description, but Linnaeus may never have seen a specimen (see Prance in
Fl. Neotropica
12: 34. 1973).