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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Achyranthes aspera
Linnaeus var.
sicula
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
1
:204. 1753
.
RCN: 1654.
Type not designated.
Original material:
Herb. Linn. No. 287.1 (
LINN
)
; [icon] in Boccone, Icon. Descr. Rar. Pl. Siciliae: 16, 17, t. 9. 1674; [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 260, f. 2. 1694; Almag. Bot.: 26. 1696.
Current name:
Achyranthes sicula
(L.) All.
(
Amaranthaceae
).
Note:
Townsend (in Bosser & al.,
Fl. Mascareignes
142: 21. 1994) stated "Type:
Amaranthus
radice perpetua, t. 9 in Herb. Boccone (P. holo.: photo.!)" but it is unclear if this is a copy of
Boccone's
published figure (in which case it can be the type), or a specimen (which would not have been seen by Linnaeus and therefore cannot be the type).