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Opuntia ×demissa Griffiths
CACTACEAE
Initial Editorial Analysis 7 Apr 2011
Source of Report for California The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], as cited in Kartesz & Meacham
Initial Editorial Comments in no way mentioned in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] (despite Kartesz & Meacham citation), said in Kartesz & Meacham to be hybrid between Opuntia ficus-indica and unspecified sp.; as Opuntia demissa Griffiths, treated as synonym of Opuntia occidentalis var. piercei (Fosberg) Munz in Munz, in turn (as Opuntia littoralis var. piercei (Fosberg) L. D. Benson) treated as synonym of Opuntia phaeacantha in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 17 Nov 2005 Interchange Feedback from Tom Chester see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that, actually, Opuntia X demissa Griffiths was mentioned in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], under Opuntia oricola (p. 455): "O. demissa Griffiths could be a hybrid with this sp. as one parent".
Correspondence 2 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Opuntia X demissa Griffiths, as Opuntia demissa Griffiths, is to be treated as an unresolved variant (putative hybrid under Opuntia oricola Philbrick, a possible parental taxon), for which the matter of taxonomic recognition or not requires further study, and therefore remains tentative.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, treated as synonym in Munz
Current Status JFP-10_t, accepted name for taxonomically recognized and/or fertile hybrid; hybrid form of name (tentative)
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 7 Apr 2011
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