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Yucca brevifolia Engelm. var. jaegeriana McKelvey
AGAVACEAE (genus previously included in Liliaceae)
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Initial Editorial Analysis 17 May 2022
Source of Report for California Kartesz & Meacham
Initial Editorial Comments listed as synonym of Yucca brevifolia in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 13 Aug 2007 e-mail from Jeff Greenhouse see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that Lee W. Lenz (L.W. Lenz in Authors of Plant Names) has raised Yucca brevifolia var. jaegeriana McKelvey (J. Arnold Arbor. 16: 269, pl. 139. 1935) to full species status with the name Yucca jaegeriana (McKelvey) L.W. Lenz (Aliso 24: 99. 2007). [It is not yet clear how these names will be treated by William Hess (author of Yucca for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]).]
Correspondence 2 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] by William J. Hess see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] infraspecific taxa are not to be recognized in Yucca brevifolia Engelm., so that Yucca brevifolia Engelm. var. jaegeriana McKelvey is to be treated as a synonym of Yucca brevifolia Engelm..
Correspondence 3 Treatment and author notes submitted for Revision 10 of the Jepson eFlora see Comment 3
Editorial Comments 3 Correspondence 3 indicates that Yucca brevifolia Engelm. var. jaegeriana McKelvey is distinct from Yucca brevifolia Engelm., based on differences in geography, morphology, and pollinators [L.W. Lenz, Aliso 24(1):97-104. 2007], as well as on more recent phylogenetic and ecological data [Smith, C. I., M. R. McKain, A. Guimond, and R. Flatz. 2021. Genome-scale data resolves the timing of divergence in Joshua trees. American Journal of Botany108(4): 1–17], and is to be treated as Yucca jaegeriana (McKelvey) L.W. Lenz.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, treated as synonym since The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status JFP-1a, taxonomic or nomenclatural synonym for taxon native to CA
Current Name Yucca jaegeriana (McKelvey) L.W. Lenz
Current Status Authority Jepson Flora Project
Current Status Date 17 May 2022
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Yucca brevifolia
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Yucca

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