Flag for Taxon: Gray's lily (Lilium grayi)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jwidness | Gray's lily (Lilium grayi) |
recognize pseudograyi and hybrids? |
Jul. 10, 2020 11:04:27 +0000 | loarie |
see comments |
Comments
For this taxon, iNat is following POWO in considering pseudograyi a synonym of grayi (thus also not recognizing hybrids).
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537744-1
You can find this info by clicking on Taxonomy Details on the Taxonomy tab of the taxon page.
POWO seems to be basing this off a 70 year old list of lilies of the world. I can't find much more data on it in scientific literature, but it seems reasonable to deviate to me (with the caveat that I know little about this group).
Copied from forum post by @culrey :
"I’ve noticed that iNaturalist converts identifications of Lilium x pseudograyi to Lilium grayi. This makes it impossible to differentiate between grayi and pseudograyi. There is strong evidence for the hybrid and it has significant implications for the conservation of the L. grayi.
ITIS has accepted it: https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=503460#null
As has BONAP: http://bonap.net/Napa/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Lilium
It is also described in the Flora of North America.
If a curator could add this taxon to the list or database then folks could start using it and we would have a better idea where pseudograyi occurs vs. grayi.
Thanks for considering.
Chris Ulrey, Ph.D.
Plant Ecologist, Blue Ridge Parkway, National Park Service"