Ranunculus acris L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part R), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 785-805 : 785

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Ranunculus acris Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 554. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in Europae pratis, pascuis." RCN: 4089.

Lectotype (Benson in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 52: 337. 1954): Herb. Clifford: 231, Ranunculus 18 (BM-000628911) .

Generitype of Ranunculus Linnaeus.

Current name: Ranunculus acris L. ( Ranunculaceae ).

Note: Ranunculus auricomus L. was treated as the generitype by Britton & Brown (Ill. Fl. N. U. S., ed. 2, 2: 104. 1913; see McNeill & al. (in Taxon 36: 381. 1987). However, under Art. 10.5, Ex. 7 (a voted example) of the Vienna Code, this is a type choice made under the American Code and is to be replaced under Art. 10.5b by Green’s choice (Prop. Brit. Bot.: 163. 1929) of R. acris L.