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Opuntia wigginsii L. D. Benson
CACTACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Initial Editorial Analysis 6 Apr 2011
Source of Report for California The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], as cited in Kartesz & Meacham
Initial Editorial Comments indicated as rare and only in California in Kartesz & Meacham; despite Kartesz & Meacham citation, explicitly not recognized in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], as Opuntia X wigginsii, in Appendix III, The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]; under Opuntia ramosissima in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], "O. wigginsii L. Benson (sw AZ, reported from DSon) is possibly O. ramosissima X O. echinocarpa."
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 11 Mar 2003 e-mail from Jeff Greenhouse see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that, according to Marc Baker (The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] co-author for Opuntia), there now is wide acceptance of Cylindropuntia for the "true chollas", so that Cylindropuntia X wigginsii (L. D. Benson) H. Rob. (as C. wigginsii, in Phytologia 26:175. 1973) would be used for the taxon explicitly not recognized in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] as Opuntia X wiggninsii, were that taxon to be recognized.
Correspondence 2 1 Dec 2004 e-mail from Misa Ward see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence appended verbatim is pertinent to The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] account: "Apparently a sporadic hybrid between O. ramosissima and O. echinocarpa; needs further study. See O. ramosissima in The Jepson Manual."
Correspondence 3 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] see Comment 3
Editorial Comments 3 Correspondence 3 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Cylindropuntia wigginsii (L. D. Benson) H. Rob., Cylindropuntia X wigginsii (L. D. Benson) H. Rob., Opuntia wigginsii L.D. Benson, and Opuntia X wigginsii L. D. Benson are to be treated as synonyms of Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow) F. M. Knuth.
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 Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow) F. M. Knuth
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 6 Apr 2011
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Opuntia
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Opuntia

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