Talk:Olea capensis subsp. macrocarpa

Synonym for ssp. macrocarpa

Not sure how to handle this, but this name is apparently a synonym for Olea capensis ssp. macrocarpa, which is one of the subspecies listed on Olea capensis. I don't know much about tree naming (or why we keep so many synonyms), but it seems like macrocarpa is the preferred name. Even the 2nd reference for this article describes hochstetteri as a synonym and pretty clearly prefers macrocarpa.

I think this is important because when someone mentioned hochstetteri to me, I found this article and thought it was a separate subspecies. I had a confusing few minutes Googling around.

If macrocarpa is in fact the preferred name, it should be the title of this article. However, I'm not even sure this should be a separate article. Maybe it should be merged with Olea capensis. Like I said, I don't know the best way to address it.

Other references, perhaps not authoritative, but illustrative:

http://eol.org/pages/5654660/names/synonyms (Oddly, refers to it as perrieri at the top of the page but doesn't list that as a synonym)

http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?p=Olea+capensis (According to this page, under "Other botanical information", guineensis is another synonym for the subspecies.)

http://www.ispotnature.org/species-dictionaries/sanbi/Olea%20capensis%20subsp.%20macrocarpa

http://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=144150

http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Olea_capensis.PDF

http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantnop/oleacapensis.htm

Jarblatay (talk) 05:25, 23 April 2016 (UTC)