Genista scorpius (L.)

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part G), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 529-556 : 529

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Genista purgans Linnaeus , Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1157. 1759.

["Habitat Monspelii."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 999 (1763). RCN: 5192.

Basionym of: Spartium purgans (L.) L. (1767) .

Lectotype ( López González & Jarvis in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 40: 342. 1984): Löfling 231b, Herb. Linn. No. 892.20 ( LINN) .

Current name: Genista scorpius (L.) DC. ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Note: López González (in Taxon 45: 699. 1996) proposed the name for conservation with a conserved type in order to restore the use of the name in its pre-1984 sense. However, this proposal was not recommended by the Committee for Spermatophyta (in Taxon 48: 364. 1999).