Cynomorium coccineum L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 370-473 : 469

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Cynomorium coccineum Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 2: 970. 1753.

"Habitat in Sicilia, Melita, Mauritania parasiticum terrestre." RCN: 7029.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Tilli, Cat. Pl. Hort. Pisani: 64, t. 25. 1723; [icon] in Petiver, Gazophyl. Nat.: 60, t. 39, f. 8. 1704; [icon] in Boccone, Icon. Descr. Rar. Pl. Siciliae: 80, 81, t. 81. 1674; [icon] in Micheli, Nov. Pl. Gen.: 17, t. 12. 1729.

Generitype of Cynomorium Linnaeus.

Current name: Cynomorium coccineum L. View in CoL ( Balanophoraceae ).

Note: Jafri (in Ali & Jafri, Fl. Libya 17: 2. 1977) indicated 1084.1 (LINN) as type, but this collection lacks the relevant Species Plantarum number (i.e. “1”) and was a post-1753 addition to the herbarium, and is not original material for the name.