Flag for Taxon: Carolina Wicky (Kalmia carolina)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bouteloua | loarie | Carolina Wicky (Kalmia carolina) |
taxon change committed though it had an deviation entered |
Apr. 19, 2020 19:04:50 +0000 | kitty12 |
Reversed |
Comments
Whoops, I assumed this duplication had been overlooked, didn't see the deviation. Apologies for disrupting things. It seems like every time I have committed a taxon change in the last few years it has just caused trouble. I'll keep out or always request feedback first in the future.
@whiteoak says
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I disagree with rank subspecies for this. In my Flora of southeastern North America, I accord it species rank, based in part on the most careful study done of it and its relationship with K. angustifolia, and the taxonomic conclusions to be drawn from that: "Southall & Hardin (1974) favored species status for K. carolina because of its essentially allopatric distribution relative to K. angustifolia (the 2 meet in Southampton County, VA), the near absence of intermediates or hybrids in nature, and because "significant morphological and anatomical differences have developed and remain constant between these two species when grown together."
The differing ploidies assure that the two can only produce sterile hybrids (hence are biological species)."
@eraskin no biggie, the system really does need a bit of work! It's super easy to overlook the pale yellow "deviation" text on the draft taxon change.
@kueda is this one reversible? https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/75421
Just to confirm - the plan is to revert https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/75421 to preserve this deviation https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_framework_relationships/234502 ? If so I can revert it
That deviation no longer includes the internal taxon K. carolina (was it removed when it was inactivated?) but other than that, yes.
ok I'll revert and fix the deviation (it got screwed up since this taxon change got things out of sync with the deviation - e.g. the taxon change was made but the deviation wasn't curated accordingly)
Thanks for undoing my accidental sabotage of this carefully-thought-out deviation. I'm always happy for the iNat taxonomy to align more closely with my local flora of choice. : )
Ok reverted and deviation repaired. Thanks for pointing out https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/help-prevent-disruptive-taxon-changes-with-validation-process/8941 @bouteloua - I'll chime in there
see https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/164337-Kalmia-carolina/taxonomy_details, which was added 15 February 2019
but https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/75421, which was committed 19 April 2020
was there a discussion somewhere about removing this deviation and following POWO instead?