Taxonomic Swap 124892 (Committed on 25-03-2023)

From @brucebennett's interaction with Rafael at POWO:

"[Rafael] suggests the name C. gynocrates has been misapplied and the correct name of the plant you call gynocrates is C. alascana."

Carex nardina (Hornem.) Fr. and Carex gynocrates Wormsk. ex Drejer are homotypic, which entails that Carex gynocrates Wormsk. ex Drejer is a synonym of Carex nardina (Hornem.) Fr. by necessity.

However, our current observations of the entity are not of Carex nardina (Hornem.) Fr., but of Carex alascana Boeckeler., which is why the swap is into C. alascana.

See: https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/610808

Added by rynxs on 25 March, 2023 17:28 | Committed by rynxs on 25 March, 2023
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I will leave C. gynocrates as a synonym of C. alascana, despite not being listed as synonyms in POWO, due to the confusion surrounding the name.

Posted by rynxs about 1 year ago

Thanks

Posted by brucebennett about 1 year ago

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