Feedback request: Potentilla crantzii (7271)

[David Price]

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Specimen #300538

Taxon:	Potentilla neumanniana auct. non Rchb.
Filed in taxon folder:	Rosaceae: Potentilla crantzii (Crantz) Beck ex Fritsch ("Alpine Cinquefoil")
Collection date:	5/1868
Locality:	Great Britain, VC49 Caernarvonshire, Great Orme's Head, SH78
ex herb:	Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers

Inferred details are marked.

Documented by nacs12 on 8^th June 2010.

Checked by oldnick

Edit history

date	user	change
06/10/2014	tom humphrey	Deleted determination (orig): Potentilla crantzii
06/10/2014	tom humphrey	Added determination (orig): Potentilla neumanniana

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wonastow wrote

This is P. neumanniana Reichb.

[Tom Humphrey]

Dear David,

I edited to this set the taxon to P. neumanniana, but have realized that the current P. neumanniana entry is 'auct. non Reichb.' and would be treated as a synonym of P. tabernaemontani once the taxon list is revised (which will happen soon).

Do I need to add a new entry for 'P. neumanniana Reichb.'?

regards,

Tom

[David Price]

You are right, Tom. I was looking at Stace 2 which has P. neumanniana Reichb.; Stace 3 has P. tabernaemontani Asch. However, to avoid confusion, P. neumanniana auct non Reichb. could be discarded from your list. . There's a comprehensive synonymy at http://www.tela-botanica.org/bdtfx-nn-52914-nomenclature

But, subject to correcting my nomenclatural anachronism, my remarks distinguishing this species from P. crantzii hold good.

David