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LECTOTYPIFICATION OF POLYGONUM MARITIMUM L. (POLYGONACEAE)
Author(s) -
Raffaelli Mauro
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1219863
Subject(s) - herbarium , polygonaceae , polygonum , botany , biology , correct name , ecology
Summary Linnaeus based the name Polygonum maritimum in Species Plantarum on two specimens: the first, labeled “Monspelii et in Italia,” is kept in Burser's herbarium (UPS); the second, on which is written: “Virginia,” is among Linnaeus' specimens in Stockholm (S). Linnaeus, however, classified both the European specimen (UPS) and the American one (S) as P. maritimum , considering them to be both the same species. Actually, only the European specimen is attributable to P. maritimum , while the American one is P. glaucum Nutt. According to current usage, there is no doubt that the name P. maritimum refers to the European species and therefore, according to I.C.B.N. (Art. 7, Rec. 7B, 51 and 53), I have selected as lectotype of P. maritimum the specimen in Burser's herbarium (UPS).