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Nardus stricta Linnaeus 1753

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

Description

Nardus stricta Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 53. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae asperis, sterilibus, duris." RCN: 444.

Lectotype (Cope in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 69. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 73.5 (LINN).

Generitype of Nardus Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 119. 1929).

Current name: Nardus stricta L. (Poaceae).

Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 215. 1975) indicated unspecified material in LINN as type, this is not accepted as an effective typification (Art. 7.11). See Cafferty & al. (in Taxon 49: 240. 2000) for a detailed explanation.

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part N), pp. 690-695 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 692, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Collection code
LINN
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Nardus
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
73.5
Order
Poales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
stricta
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Nardus stricta Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007