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Cynosurus cristatus Linnaeus 1753

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

Description

Cynosurus cristatus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 72. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae pratis." RCN: 604.

Lectotype (Cope in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 41. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 91.1 (LINN).

Generitype of Cynosurus Linnaeus.

Current name: Cynosurus cristatus L. (Poaceae).

Note: Although Kerguélen (in Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 124. 1975) stated "Type: …LINN”, this is not accepted as a valid typification under Art. 7.11 (see justification by Cafferty & al. in Taxon 49: 240. 2000).

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), pp. 370-473 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 469, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Cynosurus
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
91.1
Order
Poales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
cristatus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Cynosurus cristatus Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007