Flag for Taxon: Blue Scarlet Pimpernel (Variety Lysimachia arvensis caerulea)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| konstakal | w_martin | Blue Scarlet Pimpernel (Variety Lysimachia arvensis caerulea) |
it should be Lysimachia loeflingii |
Apr. 19, 2023 07:57:43 +0000 | Not Resolved |
Comments
@konstakal have you sent this paper to Plants of the World Online (bi@kew.org)? iNat doesn't follow primary literature.
@rynxs No I haven't. I am not familiar with the procedure
POWO regularly updates their taxonomy according to recently published sources, although it can take them a bit to catch up. Since iNat follows POWO for vascular plant taxonomy, we would much prefer that POWO change their taxonomy first before we make changes that deviate from what they have. Rafaël Govaerts is the botanist/taxonomist that should receive your email.
Essentially, if you wish to push this change through, the best way would be to send an email to bi@kew.org addressed to Rafaël Govaerts linking the paper, and ask if they have seen it or are going to put the change out in a future update. So far, POWO does not have the name Lysimachia loeflingii, so I would guess that they have not yet seen it.
done
Update: Rafael replied this:
Dear Konstantinos,
Coincidentally I did that yesterday so those changes should be online Monday week.
Best wishes,
Rafaël Govaerts
Please let me know once POWO updates
Great, I can put this change in after the CNC ends on the 9th
Swap drafted but not committed.
This may also require a split of Lysimachia arvensis
Yes, it may, but I am not sure on what geographical basis, since it appears to be introduced in so many places.
No geographical basis, both are often sympatric or even coocurring !
yeah unfortunately this will require manual reIDing in cases where eg one ider on an observation went to species only, one went down to variety; many times in Australia I've seen both the orange and blue flowered forms/species growing directly next to each other. I'm going to go through and reID for Australia now
Just re-IDed blue L. arvensis for Canarias & Madeira.
When will the now superfluous Var. arvensis of L. arvensis be cancelled ?
@miwi2020 see later comments at https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/528655
According to this:
https://academic.oup.com/botlinnean/article/199/2/557/6494517?login=true