Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P)
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
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Petrea volubilis
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
2
: 626. 1753
.
"Habitat in America." RCN: 4534.
Lectotype
(Moldenke in
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.
43: 35. 1938): Herb. Clifford: 319,
Petrea
1 (BM-000646189)
.
Generitype
of
Petrea
Linnaeus.
Current name:
Petrea volubilis
L.
(
Verbenaceae
).
Note:
Although some later authors (e.g. Jafri in Nasir & Ali,
Fl. W. Pakistan
77: 16. 1974) have treated 781.1 (LINN) as the type,
Moldenke's
1938 choice clearly has priority.