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Tridax procumbens Linnaeus 1753

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

Description

Tridax procumbens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 900. 1753.

"Habitat in Vera Cruce." RCN: 6510.

Lectotype (Powell in Brittonia 17: 80. 1965): Houstoun, Herb. Clifford: 418, Tridax 1 (BM-000647229).

Generitype of Tridax Linnaeus.

Current name: Tridax procumbens L. (Asteraceae).

Note: Although Brown (in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12: 103. 1818) noted the absence of material in LINN and said that Clifford’s specimen " is the only authority for the genus", this does not constitute formal typification.

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part T), pp. 878-905 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 896, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Collection code
BM
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Tridax
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
BM-000647229
Order
Asterales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
procumbens
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Tridax procumbens Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007