Oenothera biformiflora var. cruciata R.R.Gates

, Philos. Trans., Ser. B 226: 305 (1936), nom. inval.
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:312968-2
Species Name
Oenothera biformiflora R.R.Gates, Philos. Trans., Ser. B 226: 303 (1936).
Publication
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, containing papers of a Biological Character. London
Collation
226: 305
Date of Publication
16 Oct 1936
Family as entered in IPNI
Onagraceae

Type Information

Distribution Of Types
St. Vallier (cultivated at Regent's Park, England, from seeds collected by Marie-Victorin &
J., Rousseau on 1 Oct 1932), Bellechasse (Quebec, Canada)

Nomenclatural Notes

Status: nom. inval. Latin description or diagnosis lacking for the varietal name. Gates provided a Latin description for O. biformiflora and mentioned the petals as: Petala circa 12-15 mm longa, lata vel cruciata. The preceding description belongs to the species and cannot extended to the varietal name

Remarks

Dietrich & al. (in Syst. Bot. Mongr. 50: 125. 1997) designated a lectotype: CANADA. Quebec: Bellechasse Co., St. Vallier (cultivated at Regent's Park, England, from seeds collected on 1 Oct 1932 by Marie-Victorin and J. Rousseau), 1934, Gates 60.34 (lectotype, here designated: K! 2 sheets)