Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P)
Author
Jarvis, Charlie
Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
text
2007
Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
London
Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types
718
782
book chapter
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971
978-0-9506207-7-0
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Pothos scandens
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
2
: 968. 1753
.
"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 7017.
Lectotype
(Bogner in Leroy,
Fl. Madagascar
31: 12. 1975; Suresh & al. in
Taxon
32: 127. 1983): Herb. Hermann 4: 39, No. 329 (BM-000628180)
.
Generitype
of
Pothos
Linnaeus.
Current name:
Pothos scandens
L.
(
Araceae
).
Note:
Bogner indicated Herb. Hermann material (BM) as type. Although there is material in two volumes, it appears to have been part of a single gathering so his is accepted as the first typification (Art. 9.15), with the choice subsequently restricted by Suresh & al.