These genera have been incorporated into the genus Euphorbia:
The genus Pedilanthus has been submerged into the genus Euphorbia and is now known as Euphorbia pedilanthoides.
"Euphorbia is a highly diverse plant genus, comprising some 5,000 currently accepted taxa.[1]
The list includes the former (and never generally accepted) genus Chamaesyce, as well as the related genera Elaeophorbia, Endadenium, Monadenium, Synadenium and Pedilanthus which according to recent DNA sequence-based phylogenetic studies are all nested within Euphorbia[2]
Many are already listed under the new genus (Euphorbia) but some are listed under the old genera as well so they are now appearing two places ... one correctly named and one not ... at least not anymore.
So we will have some duplicates then if I make the change wholesale.
There are only 6 plants in the Pedilanthus genus. That's a small enough number that they can be handled by just proposing the changes and proposing deletions when needed. Want to handle it?
There are other species of those particular genera that are not listed in the ATP database. So, my question is, if someone comes along and adds a plant under the old genera, it will still be listed as that. Correct?
This is a general question for any situation like that.
Once we completely clear out a genus so that there are no plants left in that genus in the database, then from that point out nobody except me can add a plant with that genus back in.
dave said:Once we completely clear out a genus so that there are no plants left in that genus in the database, then from that point out nobody except me can add a plant with that genus back in.
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Just wanted to confirm. I will update all plants with the genus Chamaesyce to be genus Euphorbia. Any species that are present will remain the same, right?
Confirmation is good. I just meant that everything seems to have gone to the genus Euphorbia.
Please let me double-check the Chamaesyce names before anything is changed. I've got the list around here somewhere. Some of the names may have changed. One thing is that some of the endings of the new names have changed to the feminine ending -a to match up with the feminine ending of Euphorbia.
I'm not a Botanist but think I can check the names. Maybe.