Anacamptis sancta (L.) R.M. Bateman & al. (Orchidaceae)

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, pp 705 - 708 in: Order out of Chaos, Order out of Chaos: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types, London: The Linnean Society of London, pp. 705-708 : 707

Orchis sancta Linnaeus , Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1242. 1759.

[“Habitat in Palaestina .”] Sp. PL, ed. 2, 2: 1330 (1763). RCN: 6802.

Lectotype (Al-Eisawi in Kew Bull. 41: 371. 1986): Hasselquist, Herb. Linn. No. 1054.12 (LINN).

Current name: Anacamptis sancta (L.) R.M. Bateman & al. (Orchidaceae) .

Wore: This name appears first in Fl. Palaestina : 29 (1756). However, there it is a nomen nudum as the validating diagnosis merely states “ Orchis sancta , radix desuit in speciminibus” (the root lacking in the specimens). The name dates from 1759, rather than 1763 as suggested by Wood (in Kew Mag. 10: 11. 1993). The type is figured by Baumann & al. (in Mitteilungsbl. Arbeitskr .. Heim. Orchid. B aden - W iirttem berg21: 647, Abb. 41. 1989).