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Melilotus officinalis Lam.
FABACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Initial Editorial Analysis Nov 1 2001
Source of Report for California The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Initial Editorial Comments author citation uncertain, (L.) Lam. in Kartesz & Meacham
Editorial Recommendation author citation to be checked [resolved, essentially]
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 21 May 2010 e-mail from Jeff Greenhouse see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates; that the International Plant Names Index-Gray Card Index entry for Melilotus officinalis Pall. contains the note "nom. inval. nom. nud. Pallas did not refer to the basionym (Trifolium officinalis L.) even indirectly."; that Greenhouse has been unable to locate a copy of the publication (Reise durch Verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs 3:537. 1776) to verify this statement; and that, assuming the IPNI-GCI note to be correct, the valid publication was by Lamarck (Lam. in Authors of Plant Names) in Flore Françoise 2:594 (1778), wherein Lamarck supplied his own description with no basionym reference. [Therefore, author citation corrected to Melilotus officinalis Lam., from Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pall. previously in this Index, 26 May 2010, although the protologue still needs to be seen for confirmation .]
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary retention
Current Status JFP-2, accepted name for taxon naturalized in CA
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Melilotus
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Melilotus

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