Adonis annua L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part A), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 252-342 : 264

Adonis annua Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 547. 1753 , typ. cons.

"Habitat inter segetes Europae australis." RCN: 4056.

Replaced synonym of: Adonis autumnalis L. (1762) , nom. illeg.

Conserved type (Jarvis in Taxon 41: 555. 1992): Herb. Linn. No. 714.3 ( LINN) .

Generitype of Adonis Linnaeus , nom. cons.

Current name: Adonis annua L. ( Ranunculaceae ).

Note: Adonis annua was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 555. 1992) and this was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of the proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006).