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Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merr.
PRIMULACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Synonyms Cited in The Jepson Manual Dodecatheon pulchellum subsp. monanthum (Greene) H. J. Thomps.
Current Jepson Flora Project Synonyms Dodecatheon pulchellum subsp. monanthum (R. Knuth) Munz ined; Dodecatheon pulchellum var. macrocarpum (A. Gray) Reveal ined.; Dodecatheon pulchellum subsp. monanthum (Greene) H. J. Thomps.; Dodecatheon pulchellum var. spilantherum (Eastw.) Reveal ined.; Primula pauciflora (Greene) Mast & Reveal; Dodecatheon pulchellum var. monanthum (Greene) B. Boivin; Dodecatheon pulchellum var. shoshonense (A. Nelson) Reveal
Initial Editorial Analysis 23 Jan 2013
Notes on Publication of Name J. Arnold Arbor. 29: 212. 1948
Source of Report for California The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 5 Nov 2003 e-mail from Richard Moe see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that there should be an explanation in this Index for the statement in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] that the name Dodecatheon pauciflorum Greene may have priority. [According to ICPN-Gray Card Index, Dodecatheon pauciflorum Greene was published in Pittonia 2: 72 (1890), and Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merr. was published later, in J. Arnold Arbor. 29: 212 (1948), so that if it is decided that these two names apply to the same taxon, the earlier name, Dodecatheon pauciflorum Greene, possibly would be used, depending on the disposition of the basionym for Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merr..]
Correspondence 2 Treatment submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] by Sylvia Kelso see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that: according to International Plant Names Index (and Holmgren and Reveal), it appears that Dodecatheon pulchellum is based on Exinia pulchella Raf. (1840), with the remark in IPNI-Gray Card Index: "Although Raf. did not provide a description, his reference to Dodecatheon integrifolium sensu Hooker (Bot. Mag. 64: 7. 3622, 1 Dec 1837, non D. integrifolium Michx. 1803) validated Exinia pulchella as a gen. and sp. nov. "; and that Exinia pulchella Raf. (1840) therefore serves as the basionym for Dodecatheon pulchellum and [provides the epithet for this species, since it is the earliest legitimate name of the taxon in the same rank and since it] predates Dodecatheon pauciflorum Greene (1890). [ICBN (2000), Art. 11.4, states, "For any taxon below the rank of genus, the correct name is the combination of the final epithet of the earliest legitimate name of the taxon in the same rank, with the correct name of the genus...to which it is assigned,...", so that the correct name for this species is Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merr..]
Correspondence 3 1 Dec 2006 pers. comm. from James L. Reveal see Comment 3
Editorial Comments 3 Correspondence 3 is a reference to James L. Reveal, Revision of Dodecatheon (Primulaceae), available online at http://www.life.umd.edu/emeritus/reveal/pbio/fna/dodecatheon.html, wherein it is indicated that, with respect to author citation, the name Dodecatheon pauciflorum Greene (as discussed under Correspondence 2) is to be corrected to Dodecatheon pauciflorum (Durand) Greene. [Greene (Pittonia 2:72. 1890) based his combination on Dodecatheon meadia var. pauciflorum Durand, Pl. Pratten, 95, 1855; it is worth noting that, as accessed on 23 Jan 2013 at http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal//pbio/Flora North America/dodecatheon.html ("SUBMISSION COPY: 10 May 2006; REVISED 18 Dec 2006"), Dodecatheon pauciflorum (Durand) Greene is listed as a synonym of Dodecatheon meadia L. (e United States), and Dodecatheon pauciflorum Greene is listed as a synonym of Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merr. var. pulchellum (w North America), treated as of 23 Jan 2013 as a synonym of Primula pauciflora (Greene) Mast & Reveal.]
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, different genus since The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status JFP-1a, taxonomic or nomenclatural synonym for taxon native to CA
Current Name Primula pauciflora (Greene) Mast & Reveal
Current Status Authority Jepson Flora Project
Current Status Date 23 Jan 2013
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Dodecatheon
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Dodecatheon

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