Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Mespilus germanica Linnaeus 1753

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

Description

Mespilus germanica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 478. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa australi." RCN: 3653.

Lectotype (Phipps in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 66. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 646.1 [“696.1”] (LINN).

Generitype of Mespilus Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 158. 1929).

Current name: Mespilus germanica L. (Rosaceae).

Note: Phipps’ type statement erroneously cited "Herb. Linn. No. 696.1" (a member of the Winteraceae), a typographical error for "Herb. Linn. No. 646.1" (clearly annotated as Mespilus germanica by Linnaeus).

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 671, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Collection code
LINN
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Mespilus
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
646.1
Order
Rosales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
germanica
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Mespilus germanica Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007