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Alyssum minus (L.) Rothm. var. micranthum (C. A. Mey.) T. R. Dudley
BRASSICACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Initial Editorial Analysis 8 Mar 2011
Notes on Publication of Name from The Cruciferae of Continental North America, Reed C. Rollins, Jour. Arnold Arb. 45: 67. 1964
Source of Report for California  
a The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
b Kartesz & Meacham
Initial Editorial Comments corrected from Alyssum minus (L.) Roth subsp. micranthum (C. A. Mey.) Dudley (comb. evidently ined., not in International Plant Names Index), originally in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], in accordance with Kartesz & Meacham, The Cruciferae of Continental North America, Reed C. Rollins
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 29 Nov 2001 e-mail from Richard Moe see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that Dudley cited Alyssum minus (L.) Roth subsp. micranthum (C. A. Mey.) Briest. in publishing Alyssum minus (L.) Roth var. micranthum (C. A. Mey.) Dudley, suggesting that error in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] originally was in author citation (Breistr. instead of Dudley), not in rank. [Since Rollins (author of treatment in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] as well as The Cruciferae of Continental North America, Reed C. Rollins, both published in 1993) recognized Alyssum minus (L.) Roth var. micranthum (C. A. Mey.) Dudley, and cited Alyssum minus (L.) Roth subsp. micranthum (C. A. Mey.) Breistr. as syn, in CrucContNA, it seems more likely that the mistake in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] originally was in rank; that is, that Rollins intended to recognize the taxon at the level of var. in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] as well.]
Correspondence 2 17 Mar 2004 e-mail from Richard Moe see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that Ihsan Al-Shehbaz, The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Author of Alyssum, is in the herbarium, annotating specimens heretofore filed as Alyssum minus var. micranthum as Alyssum simplex.
Correspondence 3 17 Mar 2004 pers. comm. from Ihsan Al-Shehbaz see Comment 3
Editorial Comments 3 Correspondence 3 indicates that the combination Alyssum minus (L.) Rothm. (Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 77. 1941) is based on the nomen nudum Clypeola minus L. and therefore is illegitimate, and that the earliest valid and legitimate name for this species is Alyssum simplex Rudolphi; Correspondence 3 also indicates that Alyssum minus (L.) Rothm. var. micranthum (C. A. Mey.) Dudley, in addition to being illegitimate, represents one of several "trivial variants that are not worth recognition".
Correspondence 4 11 Dec 2008 e-mail from Jeff Greenhouse see Comment 4
Editorial Comments 4 Correspondence 4 indicates that the Dudley who published Alyssum minus var. micranthum (Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 45(1):67. 1964) was T.R. Dudley (=Authors of Plant Names). [Therefore, author citation corrected to Alyssum minus (L.) Rothm. var. micranthum (C. A. Mey.) T. R. Dudley, from Alyssum minus (L.) Rothm. var. micranthum (C. A. Mey.) Dudley previously in this Index, 11 Dec 2008.]
Correspondence 5 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] see Comment 5
Editorial Comments 5 Correspondence 5 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Alyssum minus (L.) Rothm., Alyssum minus (L.) Rothm. subsp. micranthum (C. A. Mey.) Breistr., and Alyssum minus (L.) Rothm. var. micranthum (C. A. Mey.) T. R. Dudley are to be treated as synonyms of Alyssum simplex Rudolph.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, to be treated as synonym for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status JFP-2a, taxonomic or nomenclatural synonym for taxon naturalized in CA
Current Name Alyssum simplex Rudolphi
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 8 Mar 2011
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Alyssum minus
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Alyssum

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