Flag for Taxon: deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cmcheatle | deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) |
Spelling variation from POWO |
Jun. 25, 2019 18:26:00 +0000 | t_e_d |
Done. |
Comments
According to the ICBN:
"60.11. The use of a hyphen in a compound epithet is treated as an error to be corrected by deletion of the hyphen. A hyphen is permitted only when the epithet is formed of words that usually stand independently, or when the letters before and after the hyphen are the same."
"Ex. 42. Hyphen to be inserted: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. (Syst. Veg. 2: 287. 1825, ‘uva ursi’); Aster novae-angliae L. (Sp. Pl.: 875. 1753, ‘novae angliae’); Coix lacryma-jobi L. (l.c.: 972. 1753, ‘lacryma jobi’); Marattia rolandi-principis Rosenst. (in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 162. 1911, ‘rolandi principis’); Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. (Sp. Pl.: 12. 1753, ‘anagallis’), (see Art. 23.3); Veronica argute-serrata Regel & Schmalh. (in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 626. 1878, ‘argute serrata’)."
In this case I think we sit squarely in the exception made (ex. 42). The original name by Linnaeus was 'Atropa bella donna'. I agree with POWO.
The site needs to establish a standard policy on these, otherwise based on past experience the name will just boomerang back and forth when changed by curators who insist on absolute adherence to nomenclature rules and those who insist on adherence to names in the defined site references battle it out.
Step 1 is usually to determine if the site reference, in this case is wrong or out of alignment with conventional use.
@cmcheatle : have you sent an email to POWO to ask them?
Atropa bella-donna is cited in the ex. 1 of Art. 23 Name of species of the Code :
https://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/pages/main/art_23.html
Taxon swap drafted here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/136874
@tiggrx ? (you committed the swap in the other way : https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/13867)
POWO's accepted spelling of this name is hyphenated.
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:814358-1
Given the number of records impacted, a review as to action should take place, move it to the POWO spelling, or investigate with POWO, and file as a deviation in the interim.