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Cassytha filiformis Linnaeus 1753

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

Description

Cassytha filiformis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 35. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 2924.

Lectotype (Imkhanitskaya in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 208. 1974): Osbeck s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 519.1 (LINN).

Generitype of Cassytha Linnaeus.

Current name: Cassytha filiformis L. (Lauraceae).

Note: Weber (in J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 3: 229. 1981) designated Acatsja-valli Rheede, Hort. Malab. 7: 83, t. 44 (1688) as type but this choice is pre-dated by that of Imkhanitskaya.

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 394, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Biodiversity

Collection code
LINN
Family
Lauraceae
Genus
Cassytha
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
519.1
Order
Laurales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
filiformis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Cassytha filiformis Linnaeus, 1753 sec. Jarvis, 2007