Herb. Linn. 1177.2 (by 1753)
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| Linnaean herbarium specimen 1177.2 (by 1753), lectotype of Cannabis sativa | |
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| Herb. Linn. 1177.2 (by 1753) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Linnean Society of London |
| Catalogue Number | Herb. Linn. No. 1177.2 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Herb. Linn. 1177.2 is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa in the herbarium of Carl Linnaeus in London (LINN), and the lectotype of the name Cannabis sativa L., which Linnaeus published in Species Plantarum in 1753.[1][2]
Typification
The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum, London, gives the lectotype as Herb. Linn. No. 1177.2, designated by Villiers in the Flore du Gabon in 1973.[1] William Stearn reviewed the typification in 1974 and chose a different lectotype, a pistillate specimen of George Clifford's herbarium, now at the Natural History Museum (Herb. Clifford: 457, Cannabis No. 1).[2] The project notes that Stearn's choice was narrowly pre-dated by Villiers's, that Stearn was evidently unaware of it, and that he agreed the plant was in Linnaeus's possession in 1753, which makes it original material for the name along with the Clifford specimens.[1]
A third sheet, Herb. Linn. 1177.1, had been cited as the type by Qaiser in 1973; as Stearn noted, it was added to the collection after 1753 and is irrelevant for typification.[1]
Specimen and provenance
The Typification Project and Tropicos give no collector, place or date for the sheet. Linnaeus's protologue gives the habitat of Cannabis sativa as India.[1] John McPartland and Ernest Small write that Linnaeus's type specimen of C. sativa came from northern Europe, likely from Uppsala, Sweden.[3]: 18 Tropicos, as GBIF publishes it, records the sheet as the lectotype, with the collector Herb. Linn.[4] Photographs of the Linnaean sheets were published by Schultes in 1970 and by Stearn in 1974.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Cannabis sativa L." The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cannabis sativa L." International Plant Names Index. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 306087-2. Retrieved 14 October 2026.
- ↑ McPartland, J.M.; Small, E. (2020). "A classification of endangered high-THC cannabis (Cannabis sativa subsp. indica) domesticates and their wild relatives". PhytoKeys. 144. Supplementary material 1. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.144.46700.
- ↑ "Occurrence 1258153854: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 October 2026.