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 Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum London Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types 370 473 book chapter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291971 978-0-9506207-7-0 291971 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).