Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part F)
Author
Jarvis, Charlie
Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
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London
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Fevillea trilobata
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
2
: 1014. 1753
.
"Habitat in Brasilia, Jamaica." RCN: 7434.
Lectotype
(Robinson & Wunderlin in
Sida
21: 1990. 2005): [icon]
"Ghandiroba vel Nhandiroba Brasiliensibus"
in Marggraf, Hist. Rer. Nat. Bras.: 46. 1648.
Generitype
of
Fevillea
Linnaeus.
Current name:
Fevillea trilobata
L.
(
Cucurbitaceae
).
Note:
Fevillea cordifolia
was treated as the
generitype
by Britton & Wilson (
Sci. Surv. Porto Rico
6: 270. 1925) (see McNeill & al. in
Taxon
36: 371. 1987). However, under Art. 10.5, Ex. 7 (a voted example) of the Vienna Code, this is a type choice made under the American Code and is to be replaced under Art. 10.5b by
Green's
choice (
Prop. Brit. Bot.
:190. 1929) of
F. trilobata
L.