- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:224403-2
- Publication
- Species Plantarum
- Collation
- 1: 334
- Date of Publication
- 1 Mai 1753
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Polygonaceae
Type Information
- Locality
- 'Habitat in Virginia'
- Distribution Of Types
- Virginia (Southeastern U.S.A., Northern America)
- Type Remarks
- Type designation not done
Remarks
“Britannica” existed as a pre-Linnaean plant name (see Biggam, Blue in Old English: 132. 1997). Linnaeus used the epithet “Britannica” as a noun in apposition and listed the epithet in the Nomina Trivialia section of Sp. Pl., vol. 2; for the native range of this species, he mentioned Habitat in Virginia [USA] (not Britain).