Matricaria chamomilla Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 891. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M)
Jarvis, Charlie
L.
Linnaeus
1753
Magnoliopsida
Asteraceae
Matricaria
Plantae
Asterales
Tracheophyta
species
chamomilla
Matricaria chamomillaLinnaeus, Species Plantarum2: 891. 1753.
"Habitat in Europae agris, cultis." RCN: 6453.
Lectotype(Grierson in Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh33: 252. 1974): Herb. Clifford: 415, Matricaria1 (BM-000647192).
Note:Applequist (in Taxon51: 757-761. 2003) gives a detailed review of the nomenclatural complexities associated with this name, and accepts Grierson'stype choice (a specimen of chamomile). Although both M. chamomillaand M. recutitaL.(which has also been used for the species) date from 1753, Applequist argues that M. chamomillais the correct name, Visiani having been the first to combine the two in 1844.
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BM
BM-000647192
lectotype