Flag for Taxon: blue finger-orchid (Caladenia caerulea)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deleted user | neontetraploid | blue finger-orchid (Caladenia caerulea) |
New name: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cyanicula~caerulea |
Sep. 13, 2019 06:13:47 +0000 | mftasp |
taxon swap committed |
Comments
Proposed taxon swap to restore Cyanicula caerulea:
see comments pertinent to this change here https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/406365
iNat follows POWO which lists the valid name as Caladenia caerulea (a recent change from Cyanicula caerulea).
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:620626-1#synonyms
Glossodia has also been lumped into Caladenia folowing the same study that synonymised Cyanicula with Caladenia. However this view has not been universally accepted and most (all?) Australian herbaria have retained genera Cyanicula and Glossodia.
Someone has recently made the swap in iNat without consulting other users and we are now garnering opinion as to whether we stay with the POWO view or deviate from it and use the names used by Australian institutions. Most opinion seems to favour deviating from POWO for Glossodia, which would logically mean that Cyanicula should be treated the same way.