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Microsteris gracilis (Hook.) Greene var. humilior (Hook.) Cronquist
POLEMONIACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Initial Editorial Analysis 6 May 2009
Notes on Publication of Name Vasc. Pl. Pacific NW. 4:119. 1959
Source of Report for California added manually by Rosatti
Initial Editorial Comments indicated for California by Cronquist (1984, Intermountain Flora, p. 108); as Collomia gracilis var. humilior Hook., listed as synonym of Microsteris gracilis (Hook.) Greene subsp. humilis (Greene) V. E. Grant in Munz; Microsteris gracilis (Hook.) Greene subsp. humilis (Greene) V. E. Grant listed as synonym of Phlox gracilis in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1].
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 $ 8 Feb 2002, from Margriet Wetherwax see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1confirms 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] Microsteris gracilis (Hook.) Greene var. humilior (Hook.) Cronquist 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 rejection, to be treated as synonym in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status JFP-1a, taxonomic or nomenclatural synonym for taxon native to CA
Current Name Microsteris gracilis (Hook.) Greene
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 6 May 2009
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Microsteris gracilis
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Microsteris

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