Lychnis quadridentata Linnaeus , Systema Vegetabilium , ed. 13 : 362. 1774
Cucubalus quadrifidus L. (1753)
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part L)
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Linnaeus
Linnaeus
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Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllaceae
Silene
Plantae
Caryophyllales
Tracheophyta
species
quadrifida
Lychnis quadridentataLinnaeus, Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 13: 362. 1774, nom. illeg.
["Habitat in Styriae monte ad oppidum Eisenertz."] Sp. Pl. 1: 415 (1753). RCN: 3268.
Replaced synonym: Cucubalus quadrifidusL. (1753).
Lectotype(Melzheimer & Polatschek in Phyton( Horn) 31: 285. 1992): [icon] " Caryophyllus minimushumilis alter exoticus flore candido amoeno" in Plantin, Pl. Stirp. Icon.: 445. 1581.
Note:As noted by Walters (in Feddes Repert.69: 47. 1964), this is an illegitimate replacement name for Silene quadrifida(L.) L. (1759), itself based on Cucubalus quadrifidusL. (1753).