Acer tataricum L., 1758

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 252-342 : 254

Acer tataricum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 1054. 1753.

“Habitat in Tataria.” RCN: 7634.

Type not designated.

Original material: Gerber, Herb. Linn. No. 1225.3 (LINN); Herb. Linn. No. 1225.4 (LINN); Herb. Linn. No. 1225.2? (LINN); [icon] in Krascheninnikov in Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 2: 285, t. 13. 1751 [1749].

Current name: Acer tataricum L. ( Aceraceae ).

Note: Murray (Monogr. Aceraceae : 239. 1970; in Kalmia 9: 35. 1979) designated 1225.2 (LINN) as type, but this sheet carries no Species Plantarum number (i.e. “1”), and was a post-1753 addition to the herbarium, and not original material for the name.