Geranium papilionaceum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 676. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part G)
Jarvis, Charlie
(L.)
L'Her. ex Ait
1789
Linnaeus
1753
Magnoliopsida
Geraniaceae
Pelargonium
Plantae
Geraniales
529
Tracheophyta
species
papilionaceum
Geranium papilionaceumLinnaeus, Species Plantarum2: 676. 1753.
"Habitat in Africa." RCN: 4936.
Type not designated.
Original material: Herb. Clifford: 345, Geranium16 ( BM); [icon] in Martyn, Hist. Pl. Rar.: 15, t. 15. 1728; [icon] in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 154, t. 128, f. 155. 1732.
Note:Van der Walt (in Bothalia15: 382. 1985) treated 858.5 (LINN) as the lectotype, but the sheet lacks the relevant Species Plantarumnumber (i.e. "4") and was a post-1753 addition to the collection, and not original material for the name.
2611570328
BM
529
345