Aretia alpina Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 141. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A)
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Aretia alpina Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 141. 1753
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(L.) Lam.
Lam.
Linnaeus
1753
Magnoliopsida
Primulaceae
Androsace
Plantae
Ericales
Tracheophyta
species
alpina
Aretia alpinaLinnaeus, Species Plantarum1: 141. 1753.
"Habitat in Vallesiae monte Loch dicto." RCN: 1142.
Type not designated.
Original material: Herb. Burser XVI(1): 77 ( UPS); [icon] in Haller, Enum. Meth. Stirp. Helv. 2: 486, t. 8. 1742.
Generitypeof AretiaLinnaeus.
Note:De Beer (in J. Linn. Soc., Bot.55: 328. 1955) demonstrated that Linnaeus clearly obtained his geographical information about this species from Burser'sspecimen (XVI(1): 77) even though it was not otherwise cited in the protologue.
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