Flag for Taxon: Genus Asperula
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nschwab | Genus Asperula |
split genus in POWO |
Mar. 17, 2023 11:48:49 +0000 | Not Resolved |
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I leave this flag open for discussion. I will create draft swaps in a change group if accepted. I already created the genera for naturalists wanting to identify to genus-level.
I don't know the Rubiaceae all that well, but it seems best to follow POWO and not deviate.
The Italian checklist also follows this split
I haven't learned much about most of these genera in the last ten months but I am much less sanguine about POWO's overall approach since then. I would like to see if anyone versed in the Rubioideae could weigh in.
@borisbolshakov @davydovbotany @duch @julia_shner @convallaria1128 do you have an opinion, or do you know who else to ask, about this proposed split of Asperula into four genera?
Sorry, I'm not a specialist in Rubiaceae taxonomy
I do not like that the last concept is taken and immediately taken as valid without waiting to see if it is generally accepted.
So that it doesn't turn out like Sorbus s.l. and Chenopodium s.l., where the number of small genera complicates the search for individual species and their identification.
This genus is now split in four different ones:
Asperula, Hexaphylla, Thliphthisa, and Cynanchica.
See also Caputo & Del Guacchio, 2020.