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TYPIFICATION OF SUGARCANE, SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM L. (POACEAE)
Author(s) -
Reveal James L.,
Jarvis Charles E.,
Terrell Edward E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1220903
Subject(s) - herbarium , typification , saccharum officinarum , botany , poaceae , biology , miscanthus , taxonomy (biology) , geography , nomenclature , ecology , bioenergy , renewable energy
Summary The specimen in the Linnaean Herbarium (77.2, LINN) annotated by Linnaeus as Saccharum officinarum , the scientific name long applied to sugarcane, is actually a specimen of Miscanthus floridulus (Labill.) Warb. ex Schumann & Lauterb., a related grass. To preserve the current application of Linnaeus' name, sugarcane is lectotypified on a Sloane (1707) illustration (typotype: H.S. 2:14, BMSL) cited by Linnaeus (1753) in synonymy.