Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M)
Author
Jarvis, Charlie
Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
text
2007
Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
London
Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types
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Myrtus leucadendra
Linnaeus
,
Herbarium Amboinense
: 9. 1754
,
typ. cons.
["Habitat in Amboina."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 676 (1762). RCN: 5733.
Basionym of:
Melaleuca leucadendra
(L.) L. (1767)
.
Lectotype
(Blake in
Contr. Queensland Herb.
1: 17. 1968): [icon]
"Arbor alba"
in Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 2: 72, t. 16. 1741.
Generitype
of
Melaleuca
Linnaeus
,
nom. cons.
Current name:
Melaleuca leucadendra
(L.) L.
(
Myrtaceae
).
Note:
Merrill (
Interpret. Rumph. Herb. Amb.
: 33, 402. 1917) indicated
Rumphius'
plates and descriptions as the type, but did not distinguish between the two plates (2: t. 16 and t. 17).