Talk:Vitis popenoei

Latest comment: 14 years ago by Hamamelis in topic Binomial authority

Binomial authority

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The standard B&P author abbreviation used here is not certain: GRIN gives the binomial authority for V. popenoei as "J.H.Fennel" [John H. Fennell?]; however, this conflicts with IPNI and many other sources who cite "J.L.Fennell" (note the second 'l'), a botanist the Harvard Herbarium shows as being a Vitis specialist; Tropicos.org cites simply "Fennell" [Dorothy Irene Fennell]; there is also a standard abbr. for "Fennel" [Nikolas Fennel] (with one 'l', as GRIN has with the unknown-by-B&P 'J.H.Fennel'). Further possibly confusing the issue was the artist who originally drew this species was named "Leta Hughley", and the record at huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu shows her signature as simply 'L.H.'

Any light shed here regarding this would be welcome. Hamamelis (talk) 11:19, 30 May 2010 (UTC)Reply