In the EMMA herbarium there is a specimen of the genus Crambe collected by L. Ceballos and F. Ortuño in 1946 on the island of La Palma (Canary Islands) during their field work for the elaboration of the Mapa Forestal de España that was published in 1966. At that time, Luis Ceballos and Francisco Ortuño…
Tag: Types
Types in EMMA Herbarium
In Botany, a type specimen – a typus – is the specimen to which a name is permanently attached. This permanent link between the specimen and the name makes able to perform accurate taxonomic revisions because it is always possible to consult the original vegetal material. Exceptionally, instead of a plant fragment, an illustration can…