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Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Hedyotis fruticosa Linnaeus 1753

  • 1. Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Description

Hedyotis fruticosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 101. 1753, typ. cons.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 833.

Conserved type (Verdcourt in Taxon 41: 564. 1992): Herb. Hermann 1: 18, No. 63 (BM-000621289).

Generitype of Hedyotis Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Hedyotis fruticosa L. (Rubiaceae).

Note: Hedyotis fruticosa, with the type designated by Verdcourt, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 564. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part H), pp. 557-585 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 558, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Collection code
BM
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Hedyotis
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
BM-000621289
Order
Gentianales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
fruticosa
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hedyotis fruticosa Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007