Lectotypification of the Linnaean name <em>Bosea yervamora</em> (Amaranthaceae)

Duilio Iamonico

doi:10.3989/ajbm.2348

Authors

Duilio Iamonico Laboratory of Phytogeography and Applied Geobotany, Department PDTA, University of Rome

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2348

Keywords:

Bosea, Canary Islands, Linnaean name, typification

Abstract

The typification of the name Bosea yervamora L. (Amaranthaceae) is discussed under the light of historical knowledge of Canarian plants in Linnean herbaria. An illustration from Sloane is designated as the lectotype. A specimen from BM-SL (Sloane collection) is designated as typotype.

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