Cerastium strictum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 439. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C)
Jarvis, Charlie
Cerastium strictum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 439. 1753
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L.
L., and Bechi
1759
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllaceae
Arenaria
GBIF,CoL
Plantae
Caryophyllales
Tracheophyta
species
grandiflora
Cerastium strictumLinnaeus, Species Plantarum1: 439. 1753.
"Habitat in Alpibus Austriacis, Helveticis." RCN: 3404.
Lectotype(Bechi in Webbia52: 176, f. 2. 1998): Herb. Burser XI: 119 ( UPS).
Note: Moeschl(in Mitt. Naturwiss. Vereines Steiermark103: 161. 1973) designated 603.21 (LINN) as type. Despite not indicating the sheet number, it is the only sheet associated with this name, and Ugborogho (in Phyton( Buenos Aires) 35: 175, f. 3. 1977) illustrated this collection. However, this material conflicts with the diagnosis in a number of characters and it is also identifiable as Arenaria montanaL. (1755). Another collection, Herb. Burser XI: 119 ( UPS), is an explicitly cited specimen and is therefore a syntype, taking precedence for lectotypification purposes (Art. 9.10) over uncited material such as 603.21 (LINN). It matches the protologue well, is a specimen of Arenaria grandifloraL., and Bechi(in Webbia52: 176, f. 2. 1998) therefore designated it as the lectotype. Fortunately, C. strictumL. (1753)cannot displace A. grandifloraL. (1759)because of the existence of A. strictumMichx., so C. strictumfalls into the synonymy of A. grandiflora.
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UPS
119
lectotype