Melochia corchorifolia Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 675. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M)
Jarvis, Charlie
L.
Linnaeus
1753
Magnoliopsida
Malvaceae
Melochia
Plantae
Malvales
Tracheophyta
species
corchorifolia
Melochia corchorifoliaLinnaeus, Species Plantarum2: 675. 1753, typ. cons.
"Habitat in India." RCN: 4928.
Conserved type (Goldberg in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 34: 305. 1967): [icon] " Melochia Corchorifolio" in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 221, t. 176, f. 217. 1732. - Typotype: Herb. Dillenius ( OXF).
Generitypeof MelochiaLinnaeus, nom. cons.
Note: Melochia corchorifolia, with a Dillenian illustration as the type, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon41: 573. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c.55: 795-796. 2006).
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OXF
typotype