Flag for Taxon: Variety Melia azedarach azedarach
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
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| craig-r | Variety Melia azedarach azedarach |
Are any varieties currently recognised? |
Oct. 1, 2022 00:06:41 +0000 | craig-r |
Swap committed |
Comments
Based on IPNI and POWO it seems that none of the subspecific taxa are currently accepted (and are synonymised with M. azedarach) but I can't find a source for this apart from POWO's justification: Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215. [Cited as Melia azedarach.]
@fernslu @jeremygilmore @aavankampen do any of you have any thoughts regarding this?
@craig-r Yes I see the World Checklist of Vascular Plants only accepts M. azedarach. Similarly Melia var. australasica is not accepted in the Australasian Plant Census (https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/taxonomy?product=APC&tree.id=51209179&name=melia+azedarach+var.&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&max=100&display=apc&search=true).
I don't see any reason to retain M. azedarach var. azedarach as a separate taxon.
Thanks Tony. I don't see any reason to keep this either especially as it's the type variety (i.e nominate in zoology terms) and there are no accepted varieties. I've drafted a swap to put them all into M. azedarach
I personally have no issues and reckon the sources are adequate enough to sink them (or at least this redundant nominotypical variety as the others are already inactive).
Thanks Jeremy. I'll commit the draft in the next day or so (no rush I don't think) to give anyone who might want to comment the chance
looks good to me to commit https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/115109
Done and thanks
If no varieties are recognised then maybe this should be merged with the parent
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:578949-1