Jepson Flora Project: Jepson Interchange for California Floristics    
Passiflora mollissima (Kunth) L. H. Bailey
PASSIFLORACEAE
Initial Editorial Analysis 10 May 2011
Source of Report for California Hrusa et al., ms later published in Madrono 49(2)61-98. 2002: DISTRIBUTION: CCo.; STATUS: sparingly naturalized.; NOTES: Potentially a noxious pest, as in Hawaii, where capable of smothering native forests; "...seedlings occasionally encountered (and eliminated) by Ertter on Albany Hill...freely reseeding in garden situation...edge of vacant lot...established upstream near BART path..."
Initial Editorial Comments naturalized, sparingly, in California according to Hrusa et al., ms
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 11 Dec 2001 e-mail from Barbara Ertter (including e-mail from Doug Goldman, Flora North America author) see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates Passiflora mollissima does not occur in CA, that material previously identified as such has been determined by Flora North America author to be Passiflora tarminiana and Passiflora mixta.
Correspondence 2 10 Jan 2002 e-mail from Barbara Ertter (including e-mail from Douglas Goldman) see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 confirms that Passiflora molissima does not occur in CA.
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] Passiflora mollissima (Kunth) L. H. Bailey is a name that in California has been misapplied to pls belonging instead to Passiflora tarminiana Coppens & V. E. Barney.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, based on erroneous report
Current Status JFP-8, accepted name for taxon not occurring in CA (erroneous reports, misapplication of names, misidentifications, other exclusions)
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 10 May 2011
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List of ICPN names in Passiflora
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Passiflora

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