Taxon Details: Brossaea coccinea L.
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Family:
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Brossaea coccinea L.
Brossaea coccinea L.
Primary Citation:
Sp. Pl. 2: 1190. 1753
Sp. Pl. 2: 1190. 1753
Description:
Taxonomic Notes: Not Gaultheria coccinea Kunth in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth (1819). [Gaultheria coccinea (Linnaeus) Urban, Symb. antill. 3: 320. 1902, nom. illegit.]
Type: Based on Plumier's Nov. pl. amer. 5, t. 17. 1703. See also Plumier's Pl. amer. (ed. Burman) 53, tab. 64(2). 1755 [1756]. Furthermore from an unpublished manuscript of Plumier's descriptions, the following "insulam Sandominicanam in sylva quadam pinis consita juxta locum...," makes it obvious that Plumier was describing (and seeing personally) the plant in question. Therefore, B. coccinea Linnaeus must be considered the oldest name for a Gaultheria from this region.
Taxonomic Notes: Not Gaultheria coccinea Kunth in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth (1819). [Gaultheria coccinea (Linnaeus) Urban, Symb. antill. 3: 320. 1902, nom. illegit.]
Type: Based on Plumier's Nov. pl. amer. 5, t. 17. 1703. See also Plumier's Pl. amer. (ed. Burman) 53, tab. 64(2). 1755 [1756]. Furthermore from an unpublished manuscript of Plumier's descriptions, the following "insulam Sandominicanam in sylva quadam pinis consita juxta locum...," makes it obvious that Plumier was describing (and seeing personally) the plant in question. Therefore, B. coccinea Linnaeus must be considered the oldest name for a Gaultheria from this region.