Rhodiola rosea L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part R), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 785-805 : 793

Rhodiola rosea Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 1035. 1753.

"Habitat in Alpibus Lapponiae, Austriae, Helvetiae, Britanniae." RCN: 7468.

Lectotype (Ohba in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 81. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 1186.1 ( LINN) .

Generitype of Rhodiola Linnaeus.

Current name: Rhodiola rosea L. ( Crassulaceae ).

Note: Although Clausen ( Sedum N. Amer. : 532. 1975) referred to the type sheet as at LINN, this was based on an illustration of specimens by Fröderström (in Acta Horti Gothob. 5, App.: Plate XI. 1930) which was, in fact, a composite of the material on sheets 1186.1, 1186.2 and 1186.3. As these specimens are not part of a single gathering, Art. 9.15 does not apply and Ohba’s choice is accepted here.