Teucrium polium L., 1753

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Teucrium polium Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 566. 1753.

"Habitat in Italia, Hispania, Lusitania, Narbonia." RCN: 4149.

Lectotype (Siddiqi in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 118: 25. 1985): Herb. Linn. No. 722.35 ( LINN) .

Current name: Teucrium polium L. ( Lamiaceae ).

Note: Hedge & Lamond (in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 147. 1968) indicated unspecified material at LINN as type but did not distinguish between sheets 722.35 and 722.36 (which are evidently not part of a single gathering so Art. 9.15 does not apply). Navarro & Rosúa (in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 47: 35-41. 1989) provide an extensive discussion and designate as lectotype a specimen (in M) sent by Linnaeus to Schreber. However, Siddiqi’s type choice of 722.35 (LINN) has priority, and Navarro & El Oualidi (in Acta Bot. Malac. 22: 195. 1997) appear to have subsequently accepted this.