Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part H)
Author
Jarvis, Charlie
Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
text
2007
Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
London
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Hedysarum violaceum
Linnaeus
,
Species Plantarum
2
: 749. 1753
.
"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 5521.
Lectotype
(Clewell in
Rhodora
68: 390, 392. 1966):
Kalm
, Herb. Linn. No. 921.41 (
LINN
;
iso-
UPS
,
BM
)
.
Current name:
Lespedeza violacea
(L.) Pers.
(
Fabaceae
:
Faboideae
).
Note:
See extensive discussion by Reveal & Barrie (in
Phytologia
71: 456-461. 1991) where they conclude that the
lectotype
belongs to what has been known as
L. intermedia
Britton
, for which
L. violacea
becomes the correct name.