Taxonomic Swap 8269 (Committed on 2014-06-02)

Jepson follows Soltis et al in splitting Mitella into several genera including Pectiantia - if this is to be followed then Mitella pentandra should be moved to Pectiantia along with the CA taxa. Mitella is known to be paraphyletic, and these generic splits proposed by Soltis resolve the paraphyly in North America. But FNA doesn't follow this because there's still some Asian Mitella that haven't been dealt with so it doesn't resolve the paraphyly globally. Personally, I prefer the FNA approach to wait, but since Jepson moved ahead with using Pectiantia, probably best to be consistent at least in the US

Jepson Manual II (Citation)
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Added by loarie on June 2, 2014 11:26 PM | Committed by loarie on June 2, 2014
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