Melampyrum pratense L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 651-689 : 661

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Melampyrum pratense Linnaeus View in CoL , Species Plantarum 2: 605. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae borealis pratis siccis." RCN: 4389.

Lectotype (Smith in Watsonia 5: 366. 1963): Herb. Linn. No. 760.4 ( LINN) .

Generitype of Melampyrum Linnaeus.

Current name: Melampyrum pratense L. View in CoL ( Scrophulariaceae ).

Note: Melampyrum pratense , with the type designated by Smith, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 573. 1992). However, the proposal was eventually ruled unnecessary by the General Committee (see Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006, for a review of the history of this and related proposals).