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Coronilla varia L.
FABACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Current Jepson Flora Project Synonyms Securigera varia (L.) Lassen
Initial Editorial Analysis 21 Jul 2009
Source of Report for California Rosatti SMASCH notes: Naturalized in drainage area below road banks, according to collection label; genus, species, variety not treated in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Initial Editorial Comments one record in SMASCH, UC1419839 (T. C. Fuller & G. D. Barbe 943, 13 Jun 1972, driveway to Dunsmuir Elementary School, Dunsmuir, Siskiyou Co.); inclusion of this kind of occurrence still undecided (although said on collection label to be naturalized, plant evidently occurring in unnatural habitat); indicated as alien, for all of US but CA, LA, ND in Kartesz & Meacham
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 27 Jul 2004 e-mail from Jeff Greenhouse see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that a search conducted a few years ago by Greenhouse, of the Dunsmuir site of the single SMASCH record of Coronilla varia, was negative, as was a subsequent search of the site by Dan Norris.
Correspondence 2 7 Jan 2005 e-mail from Barbara Ertter see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates a recent collection of Coronilla varia (identified as Lotus sp. by collector) from CA: Lowell Ahart #11121; Butte Co.; west side of Doe Mille Road, about 1 mile SE of bridge across Butte Creek, ca 2 1/2 airmiles SE of Forest Ranch; T24N R3E Sec 34 SE 1/4; 2341 ft; dry rocky soil, common, 22 June 2004.
Correspondence 3 29 Aug 2006 e-mail from Margriet Wetherwax, including forwarded e-mail from Fred Hrusa, comments on his ms dealing with alien species addressed neither in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] nor in Hrusa et al., Madrono 49(2)61-98. 2002 see Comment 3
Editorial Comments 3 Correspondence 3 indicates that Coronilla varia seems to Hrusa to be fully naturalized in CA.
Correspondence 4 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] by Martin F. Wojciechowski see Comment 4
Editorial Comments 4 Correspondence 4 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Coronilla varia L. is to be treated as naturalized in CA.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary addition, evidently naturalized in CA
Current Status JFP-2, accepted name for taxon naturalized in CA
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 21 Jul 2009
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Coronilla
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Coronilla

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