Gentiana verna L., 1758

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part G), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 529-556 : 535

Gentiana verna Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 228. 1753.

“Habitat in alpibus Helvetiae.” RCN: 1867.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Burser X: 57 (UPS); Herb. Linn. No. 328.12 (LINN); [icon] in Clusius, Rar. Pl. Hist. 1: 315. 1601; [icon] in Reneaulme, Specim. Hist. Pl.: 75, 68. 1611.

Current name: Gentiana verna L. ( Gentianaceae ).

Note: Although Ho & Liu (in Worldw. Monogr. Gentiana : 263. 2001) incorrectly indicated 328.12 (LINN) as holotype, the absence of “designated here” (Art. 7.11) precludes the acceptance of this material as a lectotype.