Centaurea jacea Linnaeus 1753

Authors :: Jarvis, Charlie
Publication Year :: 2007
Publisher :: Zenodo, 2007.
Abstract: Centaurea jacea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 914. 1753. "Habitat in Europa septentrionali." RCN: 6606. Lectotype (Marsden-Jones & Turrill, Brit. Knapweeds: 14, pl. 2. 1954): Herb. Linn. No. 1030.36 (LINN). Current name: Centaurea jacea L. (Asteraceae). Note: Barbo & al. (in Taxon 47: 356. 1998) chose a Clifford sheet as type, unaware of the earlier choice made by Marsden-Jones & Turrill.<br />Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), pp. 370-473 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 400, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971