Jepson Flora Project: Jepson Interchange for California Floristics    
Philadelphus serpyllifolius A. Gray
HYDRANGEACEAE (genus previously included in Philadelphaceae)
Initial Editorial Analysis 30 Jan 2002
Source of Report for California 1954 Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, as cited in Kartesz & Meacham
Initial Editorial Comments in no way mentioned in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]; in no way mentioned in Munz, Munz Supplement, although Philadelphus serpyllifolius "Calif. auth., not Gray" listed as synonym of Philadelphus microphyllus subsp. stramineus in Munz; indicated for California to TX in Abrams & Ferris, Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States, Kartesz & Meacham; no synonyms given in Kartesz & Meacham
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 $ 17 Dec 2001, from Margriet Wetherwax see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that Charles F. Quibell, The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1] author, confirms that there are only two species of Philadelphus in CA, and concludes that Philadelphus serpyllifolius does not occur in CA.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection, based on erroneous report
Current Status JFP-8, accepted name for taxon not occurring in CA (erroneous reports, misapplication of names, misidentifications, other exclusions)
Current Status Authority Bruce G. Baldwin, as Editor, Jepson Flora Project, and Margriet Wetherwax, as Managing Editor, Jepson Interchange Project
Current Status Date 30 Jan 2002
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Philadelphus
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Philadelphus

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