Jepson Flora Project: Jepson Interchange for California Floristics    
Lolium rigidum Gaudin
POACEAE
Initial Editorial Analysis 9 Aug 2011
Notes on Authorship of Name = Authors of Plant Names
Source of Report for California  
a Kartesz & Meacham
b The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], as minor variant of L. multiflorum (included in this checklist only from Kartesz & Meacham, for some reason not included in Moe extraction as minor variant in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1])
Editorial Recommendation new name or combination possibly needed
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates, under Festuca, that Festuca rigida (Gaudin) Columbus & J.P. Smith, with Lolium rigidum Gaudin as a syn, is native to Eur & Afr and has been found sporadically as an urban and agricultural weed in California but has not been collected in recent yrs and is doubtfully naturalized.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, to be treated as synonym for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status JFP-4a, taxonomic or nomenclatural synonym for taxon occurring in CA only as agricultural or garden weed
Current Name Festuca rigida (Gaudin) Columbus & J.P. Smith
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 9 Aug 2011
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Lolium
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Lolium

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