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Smilacina racemosa (L.) Desf.
RUSCACEAE (genus previously included in Liliaceae)
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Synonyms Cited in The Jepson Manual Smilacina racemosa var. amplexicaulis (Nutt.) S. Watson; Smilacina racemosa var. glabra (J. F. Macbr.) H. St. John
Initial Editorial Analysis 5 Sep 2007
Source of Report for California The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Initial Editorial Comments treated as Maianthemum racemosum in, e.g., Kartesz & Meacham; author citation uncertain, (L.) Desf. in Kartesz & Meacham, Voss (Michigan Flora)
Editorial Recommendation author citation to be checked [resolved]
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 1 Jun 2007 e-mail from Jeff Greenhouse see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that Smilacina racemosa was published by Desfontaines (Desf. in Authors of Plant Names) in Annales du muséum national d'histoire naturelle 9: 51. 1807, based on Convallaria racemosa L..[Therefore, author citation corrected to Smilacina racemosa (L.) Desf., from Smilacina racemosa (L.) Link previously in this Index, 4 Jun 2007.]
Correspondence 2 7 Jun 2007 e-mail from Jeff Greenhouse see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that the The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] synonym Smilacina racemosa var. glabra was published by Harold St. John (H. St. John in Authors of Plant Names) in Research Studies of the State College of Washington 1:97 (1929, based on Smilacina amplexicaulis Nutt. var. glabra J.F. Macbr (Contributions from the Gray Herbarium. n. ser. 56: 18. 1918). [Therefore, author citation of The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] synonym corrected to Smilacina racemosa var. glabra (J. F. Macbr.) H. St. John, from Smilacina racemosa var. glabra J. F. Macbr. previously in this Index, 25 Jun 2007.]
Correspondence 3 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] by Dale McNeal. see Comment 3
Editorial Comments 3 Correspondence 3 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Smilacina racemosa (L.) Desf. is to be treated as a synonym of Maianthemum racemosum (L.) Link.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, different genus in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status JFP-1a, taxonomic or nomenclatural synonym for taxon native to CA
Current Name Maianthemum racemosum (L.) Link
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 5 Sep 2007
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Smilacina
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Smilacina

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