Flag for Taxon: apple (Malus domestica)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gholman |
rowan_hindmarsh_wall s |
apple (Malus domestica) |
Malus x domestica is synonymous with Malus pumila in Flora of North America and Flora Novae Angliae |
Sep. 30, 2018 23:24:56 +0000 | bouteloua |
There are three flags pertaining to this issue:
https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/212504
https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/273191
https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/279665
According to POWO, Malus pumila is a synonym of Malus domestica (not Malus × domestica).
We should be offering only one possibility, and the logical one is Malus domestica, if we are to follow POWO. There are 731 observations of M. ×domestica and 2,023 obs of M. pumila, so a little discussion would be useful.
I propose merging both M. pumila and M. ×domestica into a new Malus domestica, unless the preference is to edit the existing taxon name for M. ×domestica and merging M. pumila into it.