Lythrum hyssopifolia 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 : 649

Lythrum hyssopifolia Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 447. 1753 .

"Habitat in Germaniae, Helvetiae, Angliae, Galliae inundatis." RCN: 3474.

Lectotype (Lourteig in Harling & Andersson, Fl. Ecuador 37: 10. 1989): Herb. Burser XII: 93 ( UPS) .

Generitype of Lythrum Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 157. 1929).

Current name: Lythrum hyssopifolia L. ( Lythraceae ).

Note: Lythrum salicaria was treated as the generitype by Britton & Brown ( Ill. Fl. N. U. S., ed. 2, 2: 580. 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.: 157. 1929) of L. hyssopifolia L.