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Centaurea ×moncktonii C. E. Britton
ASTERACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Initial Editorial Analysis 7 Jan 2011
Notes on Authorship of Name = Authors of Plant Names
Source of Report for California Correspondence 1
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 6 Sep 2002 e-mail from Dave Keil see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates, without further explanation, that the correct name for Centaurea X pratensis is Centaurea X moncktonii C. E. Britton, citing Stace, C.A. 1991: New Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge, 1226 pp. (description on p. 815). [Centaurea X pratensis is not mentioned in Stace, 1991, or in ed. 2, 1997, but Centaurea X moncktonii C. E. Britton said in both to be hybrid between Centaurea jacea and Centaurea nigra L., the same parents indicated for Centaurea X pratensis in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1].]
Correspondence 2 27 Feb 2004 e-mail from Jeff Greenhouse see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that: Centaurea X pratensis Thuill. (Flore des Environs de Paris, ed. 2:444. 1799), is a later homonym (and thus illegitimate) of Centaurea pratensis Salisb. (Prodr. stirp. Chap. Allerton, 208. 1796); and that the next epithet available for our plant is moncktonii, published by C. E.Britton as Centaurea moncktonii (Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 6:172. 1921); and that Dave Keil (The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] family editor) has verified that this is the reason for the name change in Correspondence 1.
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] Centaurea X moncktonii C. E. Britton is to be treated as a synonym of Centaurea jacea L. nothosubsp. pratensis (W.D.J. Koch) Čelak., which is to be treated as naturalized in CA.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, to be treated as synonym for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status JFP-10b, taxonomic or nomenclatural synonym for taxonomically recognized and/or fertile hybrid; hybrid form of name
Current Name Centaurea jacea L. nothosubsp. pratensis (W.D.J. Koch) Čelak.
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 7 Jan 2011
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