Jepson Flora Project: Jepson Interchange for California Floristics    
Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton
POACEAE
Initial Editorial Analysis 27 May 2011
Notes on Authorship of Name both = Authors of Plant Names
Notes on Publication of Name Kew Bull., 35(4): 817 (1981):. 1981
Source of Report for California Correspondence 1
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 29 Aug 2003 e-mail from Dan Post see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that, in Flora North America, Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton ("Itchgrass") has been reported for n California [SF Bay area], is indicated as native to se Asia, and "is considered one of the world's worst weeds."
Correspondence 2 Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] see Comment 2
Editorial Comments 2 Correspondence 2 indicates, in a note under the family, that Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton is included in a list of taxa (in genera not otherwise treated in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]) that have been recorded in California from historical collections or reported in literature that are "extirpated, lacking vouchers, or not considered naturalized". [Until the specific reason for exclusion of this taxon is provided, a Current Status of unresolved is appropriate.]
Correspondence 3 25 Sep 2013 e-mail from Fred Hrusa see Comment 3
Editorial Comments 3 Correspondence 3 indicates that "we" [presumably meaning Herbarium (CDA), Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, California Dept. of Food & Agriculture] "have no Rottboellia cochinchinensis from Calif. ...".
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary rejection
Current Status unresolved (possibly naturalized)
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 27 May 2011
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Rottboellia
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Rottboellia

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