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Wyethia ovata Torr. & A. Gray ex Torr. var. funerea Jeps.
ASTERACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Initial Editorial Analysis 19 Apr 2007
Source of Report for California SMASCH types table
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 8 Feb 2007 e-mail from Jeff Greenhouse see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that in Flora North America Wyethia ovata Torr. & A. Gray is treated as Agnorhiza ovata (Torr. & A. Gray) W.A. Weber. [It is uncertain how Wyethia ovata Torr. & A. Gray ex Torr. var. funerea Jeps. is treated in Flora North America.]
Correspondence 2 8 Feb 2007 e-mail from Abbey Moore see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that, in their molecular and morphological work, Abbey Moore and Lynn Bohs did not find Agnorhiza to be monophyletic, rather that it formed a grade with Wyethia s.s. nested within it; that they did not make any taxonomic changes, thinking it best not to change the existing classification without having reasonable confidence that the changed version would better reflect the relationships of the plants; and that if someone did want to change the existing classification, Balsamorhiza and Wyethia could be combined, under the name Wyethia. [Therefore, is is most appropriate to retain this taxon within Wyethia at this time, pending a final decision by the author of the group for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2].]
Correspondence 3 10 Mar 2007 e-mail from David J. Keil see Comment 3
Editorial Comments 3 Correspondence 3 indicates that, according to David J. Keil (Author of genus for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]), the type of Wyethia ovata Torr. & A. Gray ex Torr. var. funerea Jeps. [1925] belongs to Xylorhiza tortifolia (Torr. & A. Gray) Greene [1896], and it is not clear why Jepson published the taxon as Wyethia ovata Torr. & A. Gray ex Torr. var. funerea Jeps., at least in part because he had annotated on the label that it is the type of Aster tortifolius var. funereus.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Current Status JFP-1a, taxonomic or nomenclatural synonym for taxon native to CA
Current Name Xylorhiza tortifolia (Torr. & A. Gray) Greene
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 19 Apr 2007
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Wyethia ovata
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Wyethia

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