Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C)
Author
Jarvis, Charlie
Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
text
2007
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London
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Carex hirta
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
2
: 975. 1753
.
"Habitat in Europae sabulosis." RCN: 7094.
Lectotype
(Kukkonen in Jarvis in
Taxon
41: 559. 1992): Herb. A. van Royen No. 901.336-595 (
L
)
.
Generitype
of
Carex
Linnaeus.
Current name:
Carex hirta
L.
(
Cyperaceae
).
Note:
Carex hirta
, with the type designated by Kukkonen, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in
Taxon
41: 559. 1992. However, the proposal was eventually ruled unnecessary by the General Committee (see Barrie,
l.c.
55: 795-796. 2006 for a review of the history of this and related proposals).