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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: garcinia
« on: January 22, 2012, 10:06:49 AM »Oscar...I thought the "laterfolia" was misidentified as brasiliensis by Bryan and others but later determined to be laterifolia? There are all kinds of publications from independent to government and they all refer to laterfolia. How is this a name error and not accepted? Is plantlist.org the lead dog on naming? I see where some still refer to this as brasiliensis. I've always seen Whitman's cherichuela referred to as garcinia spp. I also see the achachairu referred to as garcinia sp. This is terrible that such an important fruit family of plants can be left in such a state of confusion. So if laterfolia is not recognized as a proper name, why do these pubs continue to use it? So one can assume that garcinia sp/spp is given to a plant that they have no idea how to name yet? I know this horse has been beat to death and beyond but it seems to just get more confusing each day that goes by. I like laterifolia. It has a nice ring to it. All in favor?!!! Say Aye!
Plantlist.org is not the lead list in naming. Their website even says "The Plant List is not perfect and represents work in progress. Our aim was to produce a ‘best effort’ list by 2010 to demonstrate progress and stimulate further work." That seems to mean that they are collecting the information from other sources and not a primary source themselves. So to answer your question Jay... Aye!