TYPIFICATION OF SUGARCANE,  SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM  L. (POACEAE) | Zendy

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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.

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