Rhinanthus crista-galli Linnaeus 1753
- Dataset
- Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part R)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Magnoliopsida
- order
- Lamiales
- family
- Orobanchaceae
- genus
- Rhinanthus
- species
- Rhinanthus crista-galli
discussion
Note: This name has been treated as a nomen ambiguum by many authors (see Sell in Watsonia 6: 301. 1967; Bullock in Kew Bull. 23: 265. 1969 etc.), with R. minor L. (1756) often taken up in its place. However, to date, R. crista-galli has not been formally proposed for rejection.
distribution
" Habitat in Europae pratis. " RCN: 4374.
materials_examined
Generitype of Rhinanthus Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 166. 1929).
materials_examined
Lectotype (Pennell in Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 491. 1935): Herb. Linn. No. 758.2 (LINN).