Pedicularis sylvatica L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 718-782 : 730

Pedicularis sylvatica Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 607. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae sylvis paludosis." RCN: 4398.

Lectotype (Sutton in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 74. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 763.2 ( LINN) .

Current name: Pedicularis sylvatica L. ( Scrophulariaceae ).

Note: Pedicularis sylvatica was treated as the generitype by Britton & Brown ( Ill. Fl. N. U. S., ed. 2, 3: 220. 1913; see McNeill & al. in Taxon 36: 380. 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.: 167. 1929) of P. palustris L.