Lythrum salicaria L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part L), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 610-650 : 650

Lythrum salicaria Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 446. 1753 .

"Habitat in Europa ad ripas aquarum." RCN: 3466.

Lectotype (Dar in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 78: 7. 1975): Herb. Linn. No. 626.1 ( LINN) .

Current name: Lythrum salicaria L. ( Lythraceae ).

Note: Lythrum salicaria was treated as the generitype by Britton & Brown (in Ill. Fl. N. U. S., ed. 2, 2: 580. 1913; see McNeill & al. in Taxon 36: 377. 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.: 157. 1929) of L. hyssopifolia L.