Flag for Taxon: Geophila repens
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| andreas_berger | Geophila repens |
What used to be considered Geophila repens actually represents two taxa, a neotropical and a paleotropical species., could you please add the paleo tropical species Geophila uniflora? |
Mar. 3, 2021 17:10:52 +0000 | deboas |
split |
Comments
Geophila uniflora is a synonym of G. herbacea on POWO. This taxon then potentially needs to be split into G. repens and G. herbacea, since G. herbacea is currently listed as a synonym of G. repens.
At the moment, both taxa exist on iNaturalist. The problem is that observations from Asia and Africa haven't migrated for G. herbacea.
I have created the atlases and drafted the split: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/135513
Please check if it is right before committing.
The split has been committed.
However, G. herbácea and G. uniflora are currently added to iNat, so this issue needs to be addressed.
Excellent! I opened a flag on uniflora, seems it should be merged with herbacea https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/640725
@marceloamores the split is ok!
What used to be considered Geophila repens actually represents two taxa, a neotropical and a paleotropical species. The situation was first clarified by Razafimandimbison et al. (2014: 1118–1119) using molecular methods and is discussed in that publication. Briefly, the lectotype of G. repens is from Jamaica and the name therefore applies tot he neotropical specimens. The correct name for the paleotropical species is G. uniflora and is accepted as such for example in Tropicos (see here: http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/27912603) or in the Catalogue of the Plants of Madagascar (see here: http://legacy.tropicos.org/NamePage.aspx?nameId=27912603&projectId=17).
POWO (http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1211972-2) also accepts that there are two species but incorrectly applies the name Geophila herbacea K. Schum. That name is a replacement name for Psychotria herbacea L. also with a Jamaican type and therefore also applies to the neotropical Geophila repens.