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Carex hirta Linnaeus 1753

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

Description

Carex hirta Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 975. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae sabulosis." RCN: 7094.

Lectotype (Kukkonen in Jarvis in Taxon 41: 559. 1992): Herb. A. van Royen No. 901.336-595 (L).

Generitype of Carex Linnaeus.

Current name: Carex hirta L. (Cyperaceae).

Note: Carex hirta, with the type designated by Kukkonen, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 559. 1992. However, the proposal was eventually ruled unnecessary by the General Committee (see Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006 for a review of the history of this and related proposals).

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 387, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
L
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
901.336-595
Order
Poales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
hirta
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Carex hirta Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007