| Linnaean Name: |
Lolium perenne Linnaeus |
| Reference: |
Species Plantarum 1 : 83 (1753)
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| Provenance: |
"Habitat in Europa ad agrorum versuras solo fertili." |
| Generitype of: |
Lolium Linnaeus |
| Designated by: |
Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 121. 1929. |
| Type: |
Lectotype
: Herb. Linn. No. 99.1 (LINN)
|
| Designated by: |
Terrell in
Taxon. Revis. Genus Lolium
: 7
(1968)
|
| Current Name: |
Lolium perenne L.
|
| Current Family: |
Poaceae |
| Comments: |
See extensive review by Loos & Jarvis (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 108: 400, f. 1. 1992). |
| Type Image: |
 |
| |
Image reproduced by kind permission of The Linnean Society of London. |
| Record last updated: |
2/02/2006 |