Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Melianthus major Linnaeus 1753

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

Description

Melianthus major Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 639. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopiae succulentis." RCN: 4652.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 818.2 (LINN); Herb. Linn. No. 818.1 (LINN); [icon] in Hermann, Hort. Lugd.-Bat. Cat.: 414, 415. 1687.

Generitype of Melianthus Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 170. 1929).

Current name: Melianthus major L. (Melianthaceae).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 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 663, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Collection code
LINN
Family
Melianthaceae
Genus
Melianthus
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
818.1 , 818.2
Order
Geraniales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
major
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Melianthus major Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007