Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A)
Author
Jarvis, Charlie
Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
text
2007
Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
London
Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types
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book chapter
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971
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Acnida cannabina
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
2
: 1027. 1753
.
"Habitat in Virginiae paludibus salsis." RCN: 7429.
Lectotype
(Sauer in
Madrono
13: 11. 1955; Reveal in Jarvis & al.,
Regnum Veg.
127: 14. 1993):
Clayton 599
, Herb. Linn. No. 1176.1 (
LINN
;
iso-
BM
)
.
Generitype
of
Acnida
Linnaeus.
Current name:
Acnida cannabina
L.
(
Amaranthaceae
).
Note:
Sauer (1955) indicated
Clayton 599
as the type but did not distinguish between the collections in LINN and BM. He is accepted as having typified the name, with Reveal (1993) having restricted the
lectotype
choice to the material in LINN.