Flag for Taxon: Opuntia leptocarpa
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| loarie | davidferguson | Opuntia leptocarpa |
distinct from O. macrorhiza? |
Nov. 17, 2020 22:16:32 +0000 | Not Resolved |
Comments
Thanks. The Opuntia have been dubiously treated in both POWO and Lode, and I think most of the taxa that aren’t represented on both of those but are on iNat were added by David Ferguson, who is by far the most knowledgeable on the genus here. We’ve been following Opuntia Web curated by Ferguson & Joe Shaw for Opuntia taxonomy: https://www.opuntiads.com/opuntia-leptocarpa/
@davidferguson can definitely give more insight on this.
@aidancampos I noticed you made this deviation https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_framework_relationships/459369
it a 'not external' deviation, but since POWO considers Opuntia leptocarpa a synonym of Opuntia macrorhiza I incorporated Opuntia macrorhiza and made it a 'many-to-one' deviation.
Can you provide some reasoning here on why we need to deviate from POWO and also Lode neither of which recognize O. leptocarpa? http://cactus-aventures.com/Taxonomy_of_the_Cactaceae_Index_of_Synonyms_&_errata.pdf
thanks!