Phoenix dactylifera Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 1188. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P)
Jarvis, Charlie
L.
Linnaeus
1753
Liliopsida
Arecaceae
Phoenix
Plantae
Arecales
Tracheophyta
species
dactylifera
Phoenix dactyliferaLinnaeus, Species Plantarum2: 1188. 1753.
"Habitat in India." RCN: 8546.
Lectotype(Moore & Dransfield in Taxon28: 64, f. 6. 1979; Greuter & Jarvis in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 75. 1993): [icon] " Palma hortensis" in Kaempfer, Amoen. Exot. Fasc.: 668, 697, t. 2, f. 11. 1712.
Generitypeof PhoenixLinnaeus.
Note:Moore & Dransfield (in Taxon28: 64-67. 1979) gave a detailed account of the typification of this name, also reproducing Kaempfer'splates (t. 1, 2). As these comprise a large number of elements, Greuter & Jarvis restricted this choice to an infructescence.