Biscutella valentina (L.) Heywood, 1962

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part S), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 806-877 : 857

Sisymbrium valentinum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 920. 1763.

"Habitat in Regno Valentino, Madriti. Loefling." RCN: 4791.

Lectotype ( García Adá & al. in Candollea 51: 374. 1996): Löfling 474, Herb. Linn. No. 836.27 ( LINN) .

Current name: Biscutella valentina (L.) Heywood ( Brassicaceae ).

Note: See extensive discussion by García Adá & al. (in Candollea 51: 374-375. 1996). They conclude that the name must be typified by the Löfling material, which does not correspond with usage of the name, and suggest that the name should be proposed for rejection. López (in Taxon 48: 161. 1999) formally proposed the rejection of the name. Biscutella stenophylla Dufour would have become the correct name for this taxon had rejection been approved. Mateo & Crespo (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 132: 14-19. 2000) also discussed the identity of the original elements but disagreed over the desirability of rejecting the name. The Committee for Spermatophyta (in Taxon 49: 802. 2000), however, did not recommend rejection.