Pteronia camphorata (Linnaeus) Linnaeus , Species Plantarum , ed. 2, 2 : 1176. 1763
Pterophora camphorata L. (1760)
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P)
Jarvis, Charlie
(L.) L.
Linnaeus
1763
Linnaeus
1760
Magnoliopsida
Asteraceae
Pteronia
Plantae
Asterales
Tracheophyta
species
camphorata
Pteronia camphorata(Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1176. 1763.
"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 6076.
Basionym: Pterophora camphorataL. (1760).
Lectotype(Lowrey in Jarvis & Turland in Taxon47: 365. 1998): Herb. Linn. No. 980.2 ( LINN).
Generitypeof PteroniaLinnaeus, nom. cons.
Note: Pteronia Linnaeus (1763), nom. cons, against PterophorusBoehm. (Oct 1760)and PterophoraLinnaeus (Dec 1760).
Hutchinson & Phillips (in Ann. S. African Mus.9: 278. 1917) said that the genus is "founded by Linnaeus...on a figure published by Plukenet" which is "an excellent representation of P. camphorataL.the type of the genus". However, the statement is not accepted here as effecting typification of the name.
2611900623
LINN
980.2
lectotype