Flag for Taxon: needle-and-thread (Stipa comata)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| coreyjlange | needle-and-thread (Stipa comata) |
I'm pretty sure this is a synonym of Hesperostipa comata, but I don't know which scientific name is currently accepted. |
Sep. 1, 2019 20:55:03 +0000 | bouteloua |
deviation entered |
Comments
Is it possible to at merge these synonyms? Both have quite a few observations under them at this point.
@jdmore @jdjohnson Do either of you feel comfortable committing to a merge on these taxa?
Personally I would defer to Mary Barkworth on this matter, since it's a North American genus and it's published in FNA: http://beta.floranorthamerica.org/Hesperostipa
This turns out to be a much broader issue than just this species. All species of Hesperostipa, and all native Achnatherum outside Eurasia, are also Stipa in POWO. So this will probably morph into a flag on Stipeae and a broader discussion.
But I agree that a good start would be to ask Mary Barkworth if she sees any strong reason that we should NOT follow POWO for the tribe. The only source mentioned by POWO for their Stipa circumscription is GrassBase, which is just another KEW database with no further sourcing of taxonomic decisions that I can find.
POWO Stipeae classification has matured substantially over the past year. I'm working on a crosswalk of all of the current discrepancies between iNat Stipeae and what POWO currently has. Stay tuned for a flag on Stipeae shortly...
According to POWO, this is the name, and Hesperostipa comata is the synonym.