Lunaria annua L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part L), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 610-650 : 643

Lunaria annua Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 653. 1753.

"Habitat in Germania." RCN: 4757.

Lectotype (Ball in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 62. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 832.2 ( LINN) .

Current name: Lunaria annua L. ( Brassicaceae ).

Note: Lunaria annua was treated as the generitype by Britton & Brown ( Ill. Fl. N. U. S., ed. 2, 2: 190. 1913; see McNeill & al. in Taxon 36: 377. 1987). However, under Art. 10.5, Ex. 7 (a voted example) of the Vienna Code, this is a type choice made under the American Code and is to be replaced under Art. 10.5b by Green’s choice ( Prop. Brit. Bot.: 171. 1929) of L. redivivah.