Talk:Rubus nutkanus

Change made
Original Rubus parviflorus is typically associated with western North America but was originally described from plants at its eastern range limit in northern Michigan.
Changed to Rubus nutkanus is typically associated with western North America but was originally described from plants at its eastern range limit in northern Michigan.
Location Discussion
Category Discussion
Reason "R. parviflorus Weston … is an older homonym of R. parviflorus Nutt. (Genera of North American Plants 1: 308 [1818]), the thimbleberry. Therefore the latter requires another correct name. The oldest legitimate synonym is Rubus nutkanus Moc. ex Seringe. This is thus the correct name of the species . . ."
Volume 9
Authority Kanchi Gandhi, 5 Dec 2018
Fixed in FNA SMW yes
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Change made
Original Rubus parviflorus is distinguished from other flowering raspberries by its erect, unarmed stems, simple leaves, large flowers, white petals, glabrous, clavate styles, and yellowish to reddish stipitate glands covering most plant parts.
Changed to Rubus nutkanus is distinguished from other flowering raspberries by its erect, unarmed stems, simple leaves, large flowers, white petals, glabrous, clavate styles, and yellowish to reddish stipitate glands covering most plant parts.
Location Discussion
Category Discussion
Reason "R. parviflorus Weston … is an older homonym of R. parviflorus Nutt. (Genera of North American Plants 1: 308 [1818]), the thimbleberry. Therefore the latter requires another correct name. The oldest legitimate synonym is Rubus nutkanus Moc. ex Seringe. This is thus the correct name of the species . . ."
Volume 9
Authority Kanchi Gandhi, 5 Dec 2018
Fixed in FNA SMW yes
Comments
Change made
Original Rubus parviflorus subsp. velutinus (W.H. Brewer) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde; R. parviflorus var. velutinus (W.H. Brewer) Greene
Changed to Rubus parviflorus Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 308. 1818, not Weston 1770
Location Synonymy
Category Synonymy
Reason "R. parviflorus Weston … is an older homonym of R. parviflorus Nutt. (Genera of North American Plants 1: 308 [1818]), the thimbleberry. Therefore the latter requires another correct name. The oldest legitimate synonym is Rubus nutkanus Moc. ex Seringe. This is thus the correct name of the species . . ."
Volume 9
Authority Kanchi Gandhi, 5 Dec 2018
Fixed in FNA SMW yes
Comments