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Blechnum spicant (L.) Roth
BLECHNACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Current Jepson Flora Project Synonyms Struthiopteris spicant (L.) Weiss
Initial Editorial Analysis 5 Jan 2017 [but should have been made earlier, as the change was made in the eFlora as part of Revision 4, Dec 2016]
Source of Report for California The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Initial Editorial Comments K had (L.) Roth, Kartesz & Meacham have (L.) Sm.; must correct to latter in SMASCH.
Editorial Recommendation SMASCH in need of updating with respect to SMASCH folder name [resolved]
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 3 Oct 2006 e-mail from Jeff Greenhouse see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that Blechnum spicant, based on Osmunda spicant L. (Species Plantarum 2:1066--1067. 1753), was published by Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (Roth in Authors of Plant Names) in Annalen der Botanik 10:56 (1794), and that the commonly cited author, James Edward Smith (in Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences 5:411. 1793), actually failed to make the combination, referring to the species as Osmunda spicant. [Therefore, author citation corrected to Blechnum spicant (L.) Roth, from Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm. previously in this Index, 13 Oct 2006.]
Correspondence 2 Treatment and author notes submitted since The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that Blechnum spicant (L.) Roth is to be transferred to Struthiopteris, as Struthiopteris spicant (L.) Weiss, leaving no members of Blechnum in CA.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, different genus since The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status JFP-1a, taxonomic or nomenclatural synonym for taxon native to CA
Current Name Struthiopteris spicant (L.) Weiss
Current Status Authority Jepson Flora Project
Current Status Date 5 Jan 2017 [but should have been made earlier, as the change was made in the eFlora as part of Revision 4, Dec 2016]
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Blechnum
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Blechnum

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