Ricotia lunaria (L.)

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 : 796

Ricotia aegyptiaca Linnaeus , Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 912. 1763, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Aegypto." RCN: 4758.

Replaced synonym: Cardamine lunaria L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Burn in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 82. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 833.1, excl. fruiting material ( LINN) .

Generitype of Ricotia, Linnaeus , nom. cons.

Current name: Ricotia lunaria (L.) DC. ( Brassicaceae ).

Note: Ricotia Linnaeus , nom. cons. against Scopolia Adans. , nom. rej. Ricotia aegyptiaca is an illegitimate renaming of Cardamine lunaria L. (1753) , a name discussed by Marhold (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 121: 121. 1996).