Flag for Taxon: Oxalis campylorrhiza
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cyanfox | loarie | Oxalis campylorrhiza |
This is not in POWO |
Mar. 15, 2024 09:42:08 +0000 | t_e_d |
Taxon swapped. |
Comments
it is in POWO, but as an orthographic variant, ie with one r instead of two
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:663269-1
Isn't the correct spelling campylorhiza? I'm not sure why any source spells it as campylorrhiza.
This is incredibly confusing:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=245217
Why does it have campylorrhiza as the accepted name, and say that campylorhiza is a heterotypic synonym? Wouldn't it be a misspelling, if anything? Could it be that they think campylorrhiza is the original name, and that Oxalis campylorhiza was a name used to describe O. campylorrhiza mistakenly, hence the specimen it was used to describe is the type specimen of O. campylorhiza, that's why it's a heterotypic synonym?
no idea
the original 1936 description uses one r, so I don't know why other sources have used two, in all likelihood just an error, they happen all the time
@kenneth_oberlander may have insight here
So should we swap it into O. campylorhiza? iNaturalist doesn't have any taxon called Oxalis campylorhiza, not even an inactive one.
The original description was with 1 r, but the original author changed this to double r in his monograph eight years later. Not the only case - blastorhiza to blastorrhiza, for eg.
It seems very odd to have this as a heterotypic synonym - I would have assumed it would be some kind of automatic correction of the name as per minor spelling variants in the Code (which are to be corrected without publication).
I have no idea why iNat doesn't follow the POWO spelling on this, nor why the NCBI has the double r spelling. I have always used campylorrhiza/blastorrhiza, but I'm happy to be shown wrong (I'm by no means a taxonomist).
It seems that the correct name then depends on Terence Macleane Salter's intentions. If O. campylorhiza was a spelling mistake, then it is to be replaced with O. campylorrhiza. But if the "campylorhiza" spelling was intentional, it is to be retained.
But I think maybe since iNat is following POWO, we should just make it O. campylorhiza because that's what POWO does. It's also what most sources do, so it's probably correct.
Taxon swapped : https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/141613
If this is the case, then for consistency Oxalis blastorrhiza should also be changed to Oxalis blastorhiza...
And Oxalis stenorrhyncha to Oxalis stenorhyncha...
Done for the following species :
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1542420-Oxalis-blastorhiza
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/141629
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1542422-Oxalis-goniorhiza
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/141630
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1542423-Oxalis-lasiorhiza
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/141631
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1542424-Oxalis-stenorhyncha
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/141632
Ta!
What does « ta » mean ?
--> thank you
You are welcome !
Not even as an unaccepted name.