Mesembryanthemum spinosum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 483. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M)
Jarvis, Charlie
Mesembryanthemum spinosum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 483. 1753
(L.) Dehn
Dehn
Linnaeus
1753
Magnoliopsida
Aizoaceae
Ruschia
Plantae
Caryophyllales
Tracheophyta
species
spinosa
Mesembryanthemum spinosumLinnaeus, Species Plantarum1: 483. 1753.
"Habitat in Africa." RCN: 3700.
Lectotype(Hartmann & Stueberin Contr. Bolus Herb.15: 66. 1993): [icon] " Mesembryanthemumfruticescens, ramulis triacanthis"in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 276, t. 208, f. 265. 1732.
Note:Edmondson & Rowley (in Bradleya16: 15, f. 1. 1998) reproduce the type illustration in colour.