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
Comments

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