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Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.
POLYGONACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Initial Editorial Analysis 17 Jan 2006
Source of Report for California The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 4 Oct 2004 e-mail from Barbara Ertter, including forwarded 30 Sep 2003 e-mail to Barbara Ertter from Dean Taylor see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that, in response to a query from Ertter to Taylor about Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed), which Taylor refers to as Fallopia japonica, Taylor reported that the taxon appears to no longer occur at a number of locations from which it has been reported, and suggests that it occurs presently in California only as a waif.
Correspondence 2 5 Oct 2004 e-mail from Jeff Greenhouse see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that Louis-Philippe Ronse Decraene and J.R. Akeroyd, in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98:369 (1988) published the combination Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decr. based on Reynoutria japonica Houtt. (Handl. Regn. Veg., 8:639 t. 51 F. 1, 1777), listing Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc. as a taxonomic synonym.
Correspondence 3 Treatment submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] by Mihai Costea see Comment 3
Editorial Comments 3 Correspondence 3 indicates that Fallopia japonica (Houttuyn) Ronse Decraene, with no infraspecific taxa, is to be treated as naturalized in California in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2], with Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc. listed as syn.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, to be treated as synonym in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status JFP-2a, taxonomic or nomenclatural synonym for taxon naturalized in CA
Current Name Fallopia japonica (Houttuyn) Ronse Decraene
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 17 Jan 2006
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Polygonum
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Polygonum

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