- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:164286-1
- Publication
- Species Plantarum
- Collation
- 1: 272
- Date of Publication
- 1 May 1753
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Basellaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- D. H. Nicolson 2848
- Locality
- Habitat in Syria?
- Collection Date
- 7 Dec 1966
- Type Herbaria
- neotype BM
isoneotype US? - Chosen By
- Sidwell Novon 9(4): 563. 1999
- Distribution Of Types
- Mahakali Zone: Kanchapur District, 15 miles W. of Dhangarhi, Nepal (Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)
Remarks
B. alba L. (1753) and B. rubra L. (1753) have equal priority; Roxburgh (Fl. Ind. 2: 275. 1832) chose to accept B. alba and cited B. rubra as a synonym; his choice established the priority of B. alba over B. rubra.
Links
- Basionym of
- Basella oleracea var. alba (L.) Alef., Landw. Fl. 281 (1866).
- Replaced synonym of
- Basella oleracea Alef., Landw. Fl. 281 (1866).