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
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London
Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types
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Primula veris
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
1
: 142. 1753
.
"Habitat in Europae pratis." RCN: 1150.
Lectotype
(Richards in Jarvis & al.,
Regnum Veg.
127: 79. 1993): Herb. Burser XIII: 137 (
UPS
)
.
Generitype
of
Primula
Linnaeus
(vide Hitchcock,
Prop. Brit. Bot.
: 128. 1929).
Current name:
Primula veris
L.
(
Primulaceae
).
Note:
The original elements for this name represent a number of different taxonomic entities and Richards therefore designated
Herb. Burser
XIII
: 137 (
UPS
)
as
lectotype
, since it corresponded with
var.
veris
of usage. However, he was unaware of an earlier type designation, made by Halda (
Genus
Primula
: 49. 1992) tying the name to
Herb. Linn. 198.1 (
LINN
)
. In the opinion of Richards, this specimen is identifiable as
subsp.
canescens
(Opiz) Hayek ex Hegi
, sometimes recognised at species level as
P. canescens
Opiz. Confirmation
of this identification and acceptance of
Halda's
type choice would cause
P. veris
to become the correct name for what has been called
P. canescens
, and require a new name to be found for the latter. It seems that a conservation proposal may be necessary, but in the meantime,
P. veris
is not to be used in a sense that conflicts with current usage (Art. 57).