Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part R)
Author
Jarvis, Charlie
Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
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Ranunculus acris
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
1
: 554. 1753
.
"Habitat in Europae pratis, pascuis." RCN: 4089.
Lectotype
(Benson in
Amer. Midl. Naturalist
52: 337. 1954): Herb. Clifford: 231,
Ranunculus
18 (BM-000628911)
.
Generitype
of
Ranunculus
Linnaeus.
Current name:
Ranunculus acris
L.
(
Ranunculaceae
).
Note:
Ranunculus auricomus L.
was treated as the
generitype
by Britton & Brown (
Ill. Fl. N. U. S.
, ed. 2, 2: 104. 1913; see McNeill & al. (in
Taxon
36: 381. 1987). However, under Art. 10.5, Ex. 7 (a voted example) of the Vienna Code, this is a type choice made under the American Code and is to be replaced under Art. 10.5b by
Green's
choice (
Prop. Brit. Bot.
: 163. 1929) of
R. acris
L.