Flag for Taxon: Edible Pokeweed (Phytolacca esculenta)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dctropics | jakob | Edible Pokeweed (Phytolacca esculenta) |
Phytolacca esculenta is a synonym of P. acinosa (see Flora of China: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200007011) |
Jan. 30, 2019 14:26:05 +0000 | bouteloua |
committed taxon change |
Comments
Yes, as far as I am aware, genera that start with the letter P are still in a no man's zone as far as curation goes:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/inaturalist-vascular-plant-working-group/journal/18353
sorry, no ideas about correct synonymy... but WFO also accepts P. esculenta: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000482094
iNat also has this combination www.inaturalist.org/taxa/155485-Phytolacca-acinosa-esculenta
In POWO, P. esculenta now is a synonym of P. acinosa. Should we follow? Presently, we have the same plants under both names.
@bouteloua I see the "letter P genera" no longer mentioned in the curator guide, is this issue resolved?
Please excuse my ignorance, since I don't reall know how iNat works internally yet. Will anything be done about this? This discussion seems inconclusive about the subject.
I agree, we still have two active taxa for the same species. Can P. esculenta be merged into P. acinosa @bouteloua?
KEW / POWO still recognize it: (POWO is our official plant source, UNLESS the genus starts with "P"... so I don't know)
http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:676353-1
@marcoschmidtffm ?