User talk:Viriditas

Purge

[1] By any chance was this to purge your cache so that the eponym count updated? You don't actually have to make a dummy edit to get that effect, editing and saving the page without any changes does that too I find. MoreMenu gadget also has a purge cache option, though I don't remember offhand if that actually updates taxon name/eponym counts or not. Monster Iestyn (talk) 22:02, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Good to know, thanks. I’m new here. Can you take a look at the links to the talk page and see if the subspecies links for Thomas qualifies for an entry under taxon names for the subspecies Gongylocarpus fruticulosus subsp. glaber (J.H.Thomas) Carlquist & P.H.Raven? Viriditas (talk) 22:40, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

I think I figured out how to do it. Keep an eye on my edits if I mess it up. Viriditas (talk) 23:04, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Updating Wikipedia first, then adding info to Wikispecies. Viriditas (talk) 23:14, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Gongylocarpus fruticulosus subsp. glaber

To be honest, I might not be the right person to ask about Gongylocarpus fruticulosus subsp. glaber (J.H.Thomas) Carlquist & P.H.Raven, I usually edit pages on insect taxa rather than plant taxa myself. Offhand though, I think the botanists on Wikispecies would prefer to place Gongylocarpus fruticulosus subsp. glaber in the categories for the authors Carlquist & P.H.Raven rather than J.H.Thomas, but I could be wrong. Maybe ask at the Village Pump? Monster Iestyn (talk) 00:12, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

See also: [2] Viriditas (talk) 00:29, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

@Monster Iestyn: I think you're probably right about the categories. Here's the most current, relevant info from Sherwin Carlquist and Peter H. Raven (1966) if you want to comment on it or make some suggestions for building the page:[3]

The first collections here were made by Rose in 1911, and were curiously confused with Mrs. Curran's G. frutescens, an error probably made because she made no mention of pubescence in her original description. Thomas (1950) recognized this error but still considered this group of populations worthy of specific rank, and described them as Burragea glabra. Still later Munz (1960) reduced this taxon to subspecific status, a decision with which we concur, especially in view of the geographical pattern outlined in the present paper. This necessitates the following new combination:

Gongylocarpus fruticulosus (Benth.) T. S. Brandegee subsp. glaber (Thomas) Carlquist & Raven, comb.nov.

Burragea glabra Thomas, Madrono 10: 164. 1950. Burragea fruticulosa (Benth.) Donn. Sm. & Rose subsp. glabra (Thomas) Munz, Aliso 4: 502. 1960.

Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 00:56, 15 October 2023 (UTC)