Hedypnois rhagadioloides (L.) F.W. Schmidt

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part H), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 557-585 : 581

Hyoseris cretica Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 810. 1753.

"Habitat in Creta." RCN: 5905.

Neotype (Nordenstam in Rechinger, Fl. Iranica 122: 139. 1977): Herb. Linn. No. 957.11 ( LINN) .

Current name: Hedypnois rhagadioloides (L.) F.W. Schmidt ( Asteraceae ).

Note: Although 957.11 (LINN) lacks a Species Plantarum number (i.e. “8”) and is believed to have been a later addition to the herbarium, and not original material for the name, Nordenstam treated it as the type. However, as there are no original elements in existence, Nordenstam’s type choice is accepted here as correctable to a neotype, under Art. 9.8.

Greuter (in Candollea 31: 230. 1976) argued that the correct name in Hedypnois is H. rhagadioloides (L.) F.W. Schmidt , regarding Dumont de Courset’s preference for “cretica” as not definitely accepted by the author, and so not valid.