Crescentia cujete Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 626. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C)
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Magnoliopsida
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Crescentia cujeteLinnaeus, Species Plantarum2: 626. 1753.
"Habitat in Virginiae, Jamaicae, Brasiliae apricis." RCN: 4531.
Lectotype(Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 50. 1983): [icon] "Cucurbitifera arbor, subrotundis foliis confertis, fructu ovali, seminibus cordatis, massula nigra inclusis"in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 171, f. 2. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 124. 1696. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 100: 8 ( BM-SL).
Generitypeof CrescentiaLinnaeus.
Note:Gentry (in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.60: 831. 1974) originally proposed 779.1 (LINN), a Patrick Browne collection not received by Linnaeus until 1758, as type but it is ineligible. Wijnands'1983 choice of the Plukenet plate was rejected by Reveal (in Taxon41: 145. 1992) as it corresponded with Linnaeus'unnamed var. δ. Reveal argued that the name was based on a Plumier plate depicting Amphitecna latifolia(Mill.) A.H. Gentry, and proposed the Linnaean name for conservation with the Browne specimen as conserved type. However, the Committee for Spermatophyta (in Taxon43: 274. 1994) ruled that Wijnands'type choice was valid, rendering Reveal'sproposal unnecessary.
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