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Centaurea muricata L.
ASTERACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Initial Editorial Analysis 16 Apr 2007
Source of Report for California  
a The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] (added manually by Rosatti)
b Hrusa et al., ms later published in Madrono 49(2)61-98. 2002: DISTRIBUTION: SCo; STATUS: probably extirpated; "Naturalized...Santa Barbara...1959"
Initial Editorial Comments treated as synonym of Cyanopsis muricata (L.) Dostál in Kartesz & Meacham; said in App. III, The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], to be not naturalized, after description of Centaurea in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], listed as possible waif in CA; said in Munz (p. 1282) to be "occasional escape at Santa Barbara"; according to Hrusa et al., ms, "probably extirpated" and "Naturalized... Santa Barbara...1959"; if addition, possibly as Cyanopsis muricata (L.) Dostál.
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 6 Sep 2002 e-mail from Dave Keil (copy of e-mail from Keil to Dr. De Ruff) see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 is a copy of an e-mail from Dave Keil, co-author of Centaurea in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], to Dr. De Ruff, author of Plants of Upper Newport Bay web site, in which Keil inquires about the report that Centaurea muricata is naturalized in the area. [The web site in question indicates Centaurea muricata is an "Occasional escape at Santa Barbara" and states that it is not naturalized, citing The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1].]
Correspondence 2 3 Apr 2007 e-mail from David J. Keil, including forwarded e-mail from Jon Rebman see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that it appears that the taxon currently in ICPN as Centaurea muricata [tentatively] as a taxon extirpated in California is alive and well and becoming a problem weed [presumably, outside of cultivation], and that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Keil is recognizing the taxon as Volutaria muricata (L.) Dostâl.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, different genus in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status JFP-2a, taxonomic or nomenclatural synonym for taxon naturalized in CA
Current Name Volutaria muricata (L.) Dostâl
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 16 Apr 2007
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Centaurea
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Centaurea

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