Title:
Aira sp. (LINN 85.21)
Type:
Image
Licence:
CC BY-NC 4.0
Rights holder:
The Linnean Society of London
Collection:
Herbarium Linnaeus
Reference number:
LINN 85.21
Genus number:
85
Sheet number:
21
Filed as name:
Aira praecox Linnaeus, typ. cons.
Filed as genus:
Aira
Ex collection:
Linnaeus, Carl
Collection history:
Linnaeus, C.
Linnaeus note:
13 * Scania
Cronquist number:
355
Pinned with:
85.2
Institution code:
LINN
Basis of record:
PreservedSpecimen
Scientific name:
Aira praecox L.
Family:
Poaceae
Genus:
Aira
Species:
praecox
Scientific name author:
Linnaeus, Carl
Type status:
Conserved Type : Herb. Linn. No. 85.21 (LINN)
Date identified:
1992
Identified by:
Cope in Taxon 41 : 556 (1992)
ID references:
Species Plantarum 1 : 65 (1753)
ID remarks:
Aira praecox, with the type designated by Cope, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 556. 1992) and this was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006).
Location remarks:
"Habitat in Europae australis campis arenosis inundatis."
Specimen remarks:
[Locality:] Scania ?
