Passiflora foetida Linnaeus (1753: 959)

Svoboda, Harlan T., Macdougal, John M. & Ballard, Harvey E., 2016, Typifications and nomenclatural notes in Passiflora section Dysosmia (Passifloraceae), Phytotaxa 288 (2), pp. 101-119 : 111

6. Passiflora foetida Linnaeus (1753: 959)

≡ Granadilla foetida (Linnaeus) Gaertner (1788: 289) .

≡ Tripsilina foetida (Linnaeus) Rafinesque (1836: 103) , as ‘ fetida ’.

≡ Dysosmia foetida (Linnaeus) M. Roemer (1846: 149) .

Lectotype (designated by Killip 1938: 483):—COUNTRY UNKNOWN. Without locality, no date, collector and collection unknown ( LINN1070.24 !) ( Fig. 5 ).

Notes: —Killip (1938) designated a specimen in the LINN herbarium (LINN1070.24; Fig. 5A ) as the lectotype of the name, presumably because Linnaeus’ own handwriting appears at the bottom of the sheet ( Fig. 5B ). Although this specimen is not the most typical form for P. foetida , it is still well within the range of variation for the species as circumscribed by Linnaeus. Irrespective of Vanderplank’s (2013: 370) comments, Killip’s lectotypification is not superseded as it is not in conflict with the protologue (McNeill et al. 2012: Art. 9.19).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Lectotype of Passiflora foetida. A. The specimen in its entirety. B. An enlarged portion of the specimen showing Linnaeus’ handwriting. Used by permission of the Linnean Society of London.