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Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Current Jepson Flora Project Synonyms Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb.; Spergularia marina var. tenuis (Greene) R. Rossbach
Initial Editorial Analysis 31 May 2010
Source of Report for California Kartesz & Meacham
Initial Editorial Comments may prove to be correct name for Spergularia marina according to The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] by Ronald L. Hartman & Richard Rabeler see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb. is to be treated as a synonym of Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl., with the note,"Some believe that the correct name for this taxon is Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb." but with no explanation of the name change relative to The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] [i.e., from Spergularia marina to Spergularia salina]. [Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl "may prove to be the correct name" for Spergularia marina in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1].]
Correspondence 2 28 May 2010 e-mail from Richard Rabeler see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that the correct name for this taxon has been controversial, with one camp supporting Spergularia marina (L.) Besser and the other Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl; that in about 2004 an aborted attempt was made to propose rejection of Spergularia marina [see following for author citation] on the grounds that it is ambiguous, which is why Spergularia salina J. Presl & C. Presl was the name originally used in the treatment for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]; but that a paper by Kirchner (2007 Preslia 79:323-365) resolved the issue in favor of Spergularia marina (L.) Besser, which turned out to be, based on a detailed argument, the earliest name at the rank of species for the taxon in question. [According to Kirchner (2007), the name is often cited Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb., as it was in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] and therefore originally in this Index as well, but no explanation for the change to Besser was put forth. Therefore, author citation changed, evidently corrected, to Spergularia marina (L.) Besser, from Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb. previously in this Index, 31 May 2010.]
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, to be treated as synonym for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status JFP-1a, taxonomic or nomenclatural synonym for taxon native to CA
Current Name Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 31 May 2010
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Spergularia
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Spergularia

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