Crinum americanum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 292. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C)
Jarvis, Charlie
Crinum americanum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 292. 1753
ZGP3
L.
Linnaeus
1753
Liliopsida
Amaryllidaceae
Crinum
Plantae
Asparagales
Tracheophyta
species
americanum
Crinum americanumLinnaeus, Species Plantarum1: 292. 1753.
"Habitat in America." RCN: 2328.
Lectotype(Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 36. 1983): Herb. Clifford: 127, Crinum1, sheet A (BM-000558534).
Generitypeof CrinumLinnaeus(vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 145. 1929).
Note:Lehmiller (in Herbertia49: 58-66. 1994) provided a detailed review but, wrongly, did not admit the Clifford collection as original material, concluding that Commelin'st. 15 must be regarded as the lectotype. Wijnands'choice of the Clifford sheet has priority.
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BM
BM-000558534
lectotype