Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. citroides (L. H. Bailey) Mansf., Jepson Interchange: Jepson Flora Project

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	Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. citroides (L. H. Bailey) Mansf.
·	CUCURBITACEAE ·
Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)

Current Jepson Flora Project Synonyms	Citrullus colocynthis var. lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, ined.; Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh., in part
Initial Editorial Analysis 15 Apr 2011

Notes on Authorship of Name	all = Authors of Plant Names

Source of Report for California	The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], as cited in Kartesz & Meacham

Initial Editorial Comments	treated as minor variant of Citrullus colocynthis var. lanatus in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1].

Editorial Recommendation	new name or combination possibly needed [resolved]
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis

Correspondence 1	Treatment and author notes submitted for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] see Comment 1

Editorial Comments 1	Correspondence 1 indicates that for The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. citroides (L. H. Bailey) Mansf. is to be treated as naturalized in CA, with a note stating that Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. caffrorum (Alef.) Fosberg evidently has priority and so would be correct name.
Editorial Summary and Current Status

Editorial Summary	addition, for taxon reported as naturalized in California since The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]

Current Status	JFP-2, accepted name for taxon naturalized in CA

Current Status Authority	The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]

Current Status Date	15 Apr 2011
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Citrullus lanatus List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Citrullus

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