Asclepias amoena Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 214. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A)
Jarvis, Charlie
Asclepias amoena Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 214. 1753
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Magnoliopsida
Apocynaceae
Asclepias
Plantae
Gentianales
Tracheophyta
species
purpurascens
Asclepias amoenaLinnaeus, Species Plantarum1: 214. 1753.
"Habitat in America septentrionali." RCN: 1774.
Lectotype(Reveal & al. in Huntia7: 155. 1987): [icon] " Apocynumfloribus amoene purpureis, corniculis surrectis"in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 31, t. 27, f. 30. 1732. - Typotype: Herb. Sherard No. 569 ( OXF).
Note:See Gray (in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts12: 67. 1876) and Britten (in J. Bot.36: 298. 1898) who both use the expression "founded upon" (which is not accepted as equivalent to "type") in connection with the cited Dillenius plate.
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typotype