Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Babiana villosula Steud.

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

Description

Ixia plicata Linnaeus, Centuria II Plantarum: 4. 1756.

"Habitat in Aethiopia. Burmannus." RCN: 301.

Basionym of: Gladiolus plicatus (L.) L. (1762).

Lectotype (Lewis in J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 3: 11. 1959): Herb. Linn. No. 59.6, left specimen (LINN).

Current name: Babiana villosula (J.G. Gmel.) Ker ex Steud. (Iridaceae).

Note: This has a very confused synonymy. Lewis argued that Babiana plicata Ker is not based on I. plicata, so Linnaeus’ name is not available for use in the genus despite its priority. She was also aware that the Sparrman collection on the right of sheet 59.6 (LINN) was a later addition to the herbarium and therefore restricted her type choice to the specimen to the left.

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part I), pp. 586-598 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 597, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Family
Iridaceae
Genus
Babiana
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
59.6
Order
Asparagales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Steud.
Species
villosula
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype