Nephroma arcticum Torss.

Lichen arcticus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1148. 1753. "Habitat in Suecia boreali, sub juniperis. terrestris." RCN: 8216. Lectotype (Howe in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 201. 1912; Jørgensen & al. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 275, f. 6. 1994): Herb. Linn. No. 1273.183, lowermost specimen (LINN). Current name: Nephroma arcticum (L.) Torss. (Nephromataceae). Note: See review by Jørgensen & al. (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 275, 372, f. 6. 1994), who restrict Howe’s original choice to the lowermost specimen on the sheet.Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part L), pp. 610-650 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 623, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.29197