Byssus saxatilis Linnaeus, 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part B), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 343-369 : 369

Byssus saxatilis Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 1169. 1753.

"Habitat in Saxo omni, diutius aeri exposito, quod perenni cinereo colore obducit, ipsa vix manifesta." RCN: 8405.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Note: Ross & Irvine (in Taxon 16: 185. 1967) noted the absence of any original material while Laundon (in Lichenologist 24: 344. 1992) suggested that the name might be applicable to material of mineral origin. The name is of uncertain application and may be a candidate for rejection (see Spencer & al. in Taxon, in press).