Punica granatum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 472. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P)
Jarvis, Charlie
Punica granatum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 472. 1753
L.
Linnaeus
1753
Magnoliopsida
Lythraceae
Punica
Plantae
Myrtales
Tracheophyta
species
granatum
Punica granatumLinnaeus, Species Plantarum1: 472. 1753.
"Habitat in Hispania, Italia, Mauritania solo cretaceo." RCN: 3616.
Lectotype(Graham in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg.127: 80. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 184, Punica1 (BM-000628599).
Generitypeof PunicaLinnaeus.
Note:Vu Van Cuong (in Aubreville, Fl. Cambodge Laos Vietnam4: 191. 1965) and Siddiqi (in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya76: 2. 1980) indicated material at LINN as type but failed to distinguish between 638.1 and 638.2. As they do not appear to be part of the same gathering, Art. 9.15 does not apply.
2611900469
BM
BM-000628599
lectotype