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Bromus japonicus Thunb.
POACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Synonyms Cited in The Jepson Manual Bromus commutatus Schrad.
Initial Editorial Analysis Nov 1 2001
Source of Report for California The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Initial Editorial Comments corrected by unknown person to "Murray" from "Murr" (no period) in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], but identity still uncertain; A. Murray in International Plant Names Index-Index Kewensis, but there are four "A." Murrays, in addition to a "Murr", in Authors of Plant Names
Editorial Recommendation author citation to be checked [resolved]
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 18 Nov 2005 e-mail from Jeff Greenhouse see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that Bromus japonicus was published by Johan Andreas Murray (Murray in Authors of Plant Names) in Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 14:119 (1784), wherein Murray ascribed the name but not the description to "Thunb. jap. mspt.", in reference to Carl Peter Thunberg (Thunb. in Authors of Plant Names). [Therefore, author citation expanded to Bromus japonicus Thunb. ex Murray, from Bromus japonicus Murray previously in this Index, 21 Nov 2005.]
Correspondence 2 15 Aug 2008 e-mail from Jeff Greenhouse see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that Greenhouse has discovered further information about the publication of Bromus japonicus in a Bartholomew, Nicolson & Nordenstam paper in Taxon (46:311--314. 1997) that allows expansion and correction of statements made in Correspondence 1; that Bartholomew, Nicolson & Nordenstam secured a translation of part of Murray's Latin preface which stated that he, Murray, published what Thunberg had written in a manuscript for Flora Japonica which was, at that time, unpublished; that Murray ascribed the entire protologue, not just the name, to "Thunb. jap. mspt. M.", and that the "M." merely meant that the name was new to edition 14 of Systema Vegetabilium [and evidently not that Murray should be the author of the name]. [Therefore, author citation corrected to Bromus japonicus Thunb., from Bromus japonicus Thunb. ex Murray previously in this Index, 11 Sep 2008.]
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary retention
Current Status JFP-2, accepted name for taxon naturalized in CA
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Bromus
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Bromus

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