Polygonum aviculare L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 718-782 : 757

Polygonum aviculare Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 362. 1753 , typ. cons.

"Habitat in Europae cultis ruderatis." RCN: 2865.

Lectotype (Styles in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 91: 294. 1959): Herb. Linn. No. 510.23 ( LINN) .

Generitype of Polygonum, Linnaeus , nom. cons.

Current name: Polygonum aviculare L. ( Polygonaceae ).

Note: Confusion over the application of P. aviculare led McNeill (in Taxon 30: 638. 1981) to propose the rejection of the name under the then Art. 69. However, the Committee for Spermatophyta (in Taxon 33: 299. 1984) did not recommend rejection.