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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN) |
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Aira
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| Current Jepson Flora Project Synonyms | Aira elegantissima Schur; Aira caryophyllea L. var. capillaris Bluff, Nees, & Schauer; Aira pulchella Willd.. | |||||
| Initial Editorial Analysis 1 Jun 2011 | ||||||
| Source of Report for California | The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], as cited in Kartesz & Meacham | |||||
| Initial Editorial Comments | under Aira elegantissima Schur in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], "[formerly known as Aira elegans Gaudin, an illegitimate name]"; Aira elegantissima listed as synonym in Kartesz & Meacham; author citation uncertain, 'Vill.' ex Steud. in International Plant Names Index-Index Kewensis, Gaudin in IPNI-APNI and The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], and Willd. ex Gaudin in IPNI-Index Kewensis. | |||||
| Editorial Recommendation | author citation to be checked [resolved] | |||||
| Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis | ||||||
| Correspondence 1 | 28 Aug 2003 e-mail from Dieter Wilken see Comment 1 | |||||
| Editorial Comments 1 | Correspondence 1 indicates that Aira elegans Willd. ex Gaudin (Agrost. Helv. 1: 130. 1811) is both an illegitimate and superfluous name for what is correctly called Aira pulchella Willd. (Enum. Pl. 101. 1809), according to European grass taxonomists; that Aira elegans Vill. (Nomencl. Bot. 1: 44. 1840) is a later homonym of Aira elegans Willd. ex Gaudin (illegitimate, see ICBN 53.1 N.1); that Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth (Enum. Pl. 1: 44. 1833) is based on the same type as Aira elegans Willd. ex Gaudin, and is also a later homonym of Aira elegans Willd. ex Gaudin (illegitimate, see ICBN 53.1 N.1); and that Aira elegantissima Schur (Verh. Mitth. Siebenburg. Verein Naturwiss. Hermannsadt 4: 85. 1853) and description clearly applied to plants introduced into North America, but the earlier name Aira pulchella Willd. should now be applied (although no one has yet carefully determined if our plants match the description of Aira pulchella Willd.) | |||||
| Correspondence 2 | 6 Oct 2003 e-mail from Jeff Greenhouse see Comment 2 | |||||
| Editorial Comments 2 | Correspondence 2 indicates that Robert Soreng (Chief Editor and Aira treatment author of the Catalogue of New World Grasses, http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html), in a 3 Sep 2003 e-mail, confirmed Correspondence 1 as to the illegitimacy of the name Aira elegans [whether it was ever validly published remains unresolved, according to pers. comm. to Greenhouse from John Strother], the synonymy of Aira elegans with the earlier name Aira pulchella, and the correct application of the name Aira elegantissima Schur to the plants introduced into CA. [Aira elegans is illegitimate, as well as synonymous with Aira pulchella, itself a synonym of Molineriella laevis (Brot.) Rouy, which does not occur in North America.] | |||||
| Correspondence 3 | Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] see Comment 3 | |||||
| Editorial Comments 3 | Correspondence 3 indicates, in a note under Aira elegans Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. [note author citation change, made in treatment without explanation; see end of entry], that the plants treated in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] as Aira elegans Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. have also been treated as Aira elegantissima Schur (listed as a synonym in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]), as well as Aira caryophyllea L. var. capillaris Bluff, Nees, & Schauer and Aira pulchella Willd. [which for some reason were not listed as syns]. [Although the latter two names are not listed as synonyms in the treatment for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2], they must be regarded as such, for the same reason that Aira elegantissima Schur is. Also, despite lack of explanation or documentation, author citation changed to Aira elegans Willd. ex Roem. & Schult., from Aira elegans Willd. ex Kunth previously in this Index, 1 Jun 2011.] | |||||
| Editorial Summary and Current Status | ||||||
| Editorial Summary | addition, for taxon reported as naturalized in California since The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] | |||||
| Current Status | JFP-2, accepted name for taxon naturalized in CA | |||||
| Current Status Authority | The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] | |||||
| Current Status Date | 1 Jun 2011 | |||||
| List of names for this Current Status category | ||||||
| List of ICPN names in Aira
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Aira | ||||||
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