Prunella vulgaris L., 1763

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 718-782 : 773

Prunella vulgaris Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 600. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae pascuis." RCN: 4361.

Lectotype (Hedge in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 79. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 316, Brunella 1 β (BM-000646146) .

Generitype of Prunella Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 166. 1929).

Current name: Prunella vulgaris L. ( Lamiaceae ).

Note: Hedge & Lamond (in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 133. 1968) indicated unseen material in the Clifford herbarium (BM) as type, but there are numerous sheets there associated with this name and as they are not part of a single gathering, Art. 9.15 does not apply. Cramer (in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 191. 1981) indicated 752.1 (LINN) as type, but the sheet was explicitly associated by Linnaeus with his var. grandiflora and cannot be original material for the typical variety. Hedge (in Ali & Nasir, Fl. Pakistan 192: 134. 1990) indicated 752.2 (LINN) as type, but this is a Mútis collection received by Linnaeus long after 1753, and not original material for the name.