Erica cinerea L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part E), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 490-515 : 498

Erica cinerea Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 352. 1753.

“Habitat in Europa media.” RCN: 2739, 2775.

Lectotype (Jarvis & McClintock in Taxon 39: 518. 1990): Herb. Linn. No. 498.46 (LINN).

Generitype of Erica Linnaeus.

Current name: Erica cinerea L. ( Ericaceae ).

Note: Erica cinerea , with the type designated by Jarvis & McClintock, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 572. 1992). However, the proposal was eventually ruled unnecessary by the General Committee (see Barrie, l.c. 55: 795–796. 2006 for a review of the history of this and related proposals).