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Microsteris gracilis (Hook.) Greene
POLEMONIACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Current Jepson Flora Project Synonyms Microsteris gracilis (Hook.) Greene subsp. gracilis; Microsteris gracilis (Hook.) Greene var. gracilis; Microsteris gracilis subsp. humilis (Greene) V.E. Grant; Microsteris gracilis (Hook.) Greene subsp. humilior (Greene) H. Mason ined.; Microsteris gracilis (Hook.) Greene var. humilior (Hook.) Cronquist
Initial Editorial Analysis 19 Dec 2007
Notes on Publication of Name Pittonia 3:300. 1898.
Source of Report for California added manually by Rosatti
Initial Editorial Comments listed as synonym of Phlox gracilis in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]; since The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], treated as Microsteris gracilis by J. M. Porter & L. A. Johnson (A Phylogenetic Classification of Polemoniaceae, Aliso 19(1):55-91. 2000)
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 $ 8 Feb 2002, from Margriet Wetherwax see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 confirms retention of Phlox gracilis, including numerous subspp. and vars., in Phlox, as opposed to treating them in Microsteris, pending further study [confirming Current Status as 1a].
Correspondence 2 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] by Robert Patterson & Carolyn J. Ferguson see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Phlox gracilis (Hook.) Greene is to be treated as a synonym of Microsteris gracilis (Hook.) Greene, and that no infraspecific taxa are to be recognized in the species.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary addition, different genus since The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Current Status JFP-1, accepted name for taxon native to CA
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 19 Dec 2007
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Microsteris
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Microsteris

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