Libocedrus decurrens Torr.

, Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 6(art. 2):7, t. 3 (1853).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:139698-2
Publication
Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Washington, DC
Collation
6(art. 2):7, t. 3
Date of Publication
Apr 1853
Family as entered in IPNI
Cupressaceae

Type Information

Locality
Hab. — Upper waters of the Sacramento, particularly from lat. 38° 40' to about 41° N. lat., where it was also found (without fruit) by the botanists of the United States Exploring Expedition, and by Dr. G. W. Hulse.
Collection Date
25 Feb 1844
Type Herbaria
lectotype NY
Chosen By
S.L.Welsh Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 66: 303. 1998
Distribution Of Types
El Dorado County (California, Southwestern U.S.A., Northern America)

Nomenclatural Notes

alt. publ.: Pl. Frémont. 7, t. 3. Apr 1853

Remarks

Welsh cited the NY specimen as holotype (correctable error; St. Louis Code Art. 7.11 does not apply to the 1998 inadvertent lectotypification)

Links

Basionym of
Thuja decurrens (Torr.) Voss, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 1907: 88 (1907).
Basionym of
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin, Taxon 5: 192 (1956).
Nomenclatural link
Heyderia decurrens (Torr.) K.Koch
Duplicate citation of
Libocedrus decurrens Torr., Pl. Fremont. 7. t. 3.