Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M)
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
651
689
book chapter
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971
978-0-9506207-7-0
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Myrtus caryophyllata
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
1
: 472. 1753
.
"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 3614.
Lectotype
(Kostermans in
Quart. J. Taiwan Mus.
34: 133. 1981): Herb. Hermann 2: 3; 4: 34, No. 183 (BM).
Current name:
Syzygium caryophyllatum
(L.) Alston
(
Myrtaceae
).
Note:
As the material in Herb. Hermann appears to be part of a single gathering (Art. 9.15), Kostermans is accepted as having typified the name.