Title:
Agrostis pumila (LINN 84.28)
Type:
Image
Licence:
CC BY-NC 4.0
Rights holder:
The Linnean Society of London
Collection:
Herbarium Linnaeus
Reference number:
LINN 84.28
Genus number:
84
Sheet number:
28
Filed as name:
Agrostis pumila Linnaeus
Filed as genus:
Agrostis
Filed as species:
pumila
Ex collection:
Linnaeus, Carl
Collection history:
Linnaeus, C.
Linnaeus note:
Ham[m]arby * Agrostis pumila
Cronquist number:
355
Institution code:
LINN
Basis of record:
PreservedSpecimen
Scientific name:
Agrostis capillaris L.
Family:
Poaceae
Genus:
Agrostis
Species:
capillaris
Scientific name author:
Linnaeus, Carl
Type status:
Lectotype : Herb. Linn. No. 84.28 (LINN)
Date identified:
1935
Identified by:
Philipson in J. Bot. 73 : 71 (1935)
ID references:
Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2 : 91 (1767)
ID remarks:
Philipson (in J. Bot. 73: 70. 1935) identified 84.28 (LINN) as a specimen of A. tenuis Sibth. infected with the fungus Tilletia decipiens (Pers.) Körn. and concluded (l.c.: 72) that the name could not be retained since it was based on a diseased type. Widén (in Fl. Fennica 5: 71. 1971) followed Philipson in rejecting the name as invalid (under Art. 71, dealing with monstrosities) but attributed the infection to T. sphaerococca A.A. Fisch. Waldh. Art. 71 was deleted by the Leningrad Congress in 1975, resulting in A. pumila becoming valid. However, its type (and A. tenuis) is now recognised by many authors (e.g. Romero García & al. in Ruizia 7: 105. 1988; Edgar & Forde in New Zealand J. Bot. 29: 154. 1991) as a specimen of the variable A. capillaris L. (1753), into the synonymy of which A. pumila therefore falls.
Higher geography:
Ham[m]arsby [=Hammarby]
Country:
Sweden
Country code:
SE
Locality:
Sweden > Hammarby
Location remarks:
"Habitat in Suecia, Islandia, Helvetia."
