Picris rhagadioloides (L.) Desf.

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 370-473 : 457

Crepis rhagadioloides Linnaeus , Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 524; Mantissa Plantarum: 108. 1767.

"Habitat ..." RCN: 5885.

Neotype (Greuter in Willdenowia 33: 236. 2003): Herb. Linn. No. 955.26 ( LINN) .

Current name: Picris rhagadioloides (L.) Desf. ( Asteraceae ).

Note: The application of this name was for many years uncertain. Lack (in Taxon 24: 115. 1975) reasoned that, from the description, it could not apply to a species of Picris , and excluded it from the genus. However, Greuter (in Willdenowia 33: 236. 2003) argues very plausibly that a slip of the pen in Linnaeus’ diagnosis was responsible for this. Greuter consequently took up the name in Picris , and also typified it.