Solidago canadensis L. var. canadensis, 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part S), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 806-877 : 863

Solidago canadensis Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 878. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia, Canada." RCN: 6347.

Lectotype (Reveal & al. in Huntia 7: 238. 1987): Herb. Linn. No. 998.2 ( LINN) .

Current name: Solidago canadensis L. var. canadensis ( Asteraceae ).

Note: Gray (in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 177. 1882), in a study of the Solidago material in the Linnaean herbarium, noted the existence of two sheets, one of which (998.2 LINN) was identifiable as S. canadensis , and the other (998.3 LINN) as S. rugosa Mill. Gray added that the cited Plukenet element should be excluded from the species (a view with which Mackenzie (in Rhodora 29: 74. 1927) disagreed) but did not explicitly indicate a type. Taylor & Taylor (in Sida 10: 230. 1984) indicated unspecified material in LINN as type (i.e. not distinguishing between 998.2 and 998.3), and Reveal & al. (in Huntia 7: 238. 1987) followed Gray’s conclusion and formally designated 998.2 (LINN) as lectotype.