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Missing synonym: there are also some records for Xanthomyrtus metrosideros that should be ending up here: for example https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2514426110. No current institution recognises Xanthomyrtus in Australia. #248

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gbif-portal commented 2 years ago

Missing synonym: there are also some records for Xanthomyrtus metrosideros that should be ending up here: for example https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2514426110. No current institution recognises Xanthomyrtus in Australia.

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wcornwell commented 2 years ago

to be clear: Xanthomyrtus metrosideros is now called Uromyrtus metrosideros

CecSve commented 2 years ago

We have records of Xanthomyrtus metrosideros that are matched to higher rank Xanthomyrtus because Xanthomyrtus metrosideros is not recognised as a synonym of Uromyrtus metrosideros - check CoL and see if this is an issue there and contact them if it requires fixing

CecSve commented 4 months ago

@wcornwell I am following up on this issue and I am struggling a bit with understanding the issue. Is the issue that there is a missing synonym name (Xanthomyrtus metrosideros) in GBIF? Uromyrtus metrosideros (F.M.Bailey) A.J.Scott do exist, but are not associated with Xanthomyrtus metrosideros.

If you think we should add Xanthomyrtus metrosideros as a synonym, could you then please supply us with a source/reference?

wcornwell commented 4 months ago

Hi @CecSve, Thanks for getting back to this. I looked into a bit more and it's only 3 specimens from one collector with the specimens now in Leiden, so it does seem like a misdet rather than a synomym. So maybe it's one for Naturalis to fix?

CecSve commented 4 months ago

Thanks! Do you have a link you can share? I could not find the records when I tried to look.

wcornwell commented 4 months ago

Thanks for this! actually there are 4: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=AU&taxon_key=3180207

here are the individual records: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2516472981 https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2516213869 https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2514426110 https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2514364191

Xanthomyrtus is not found in Australia. I have sent the scans to a local expert who confirmed that these are Uromyrtus metrosideros

CecSve commented 4 months ago

Thank you for the links and additional information. I will contact Naturalis as they have to change the dataset they share with GBIF. Since it appears to be a misidentification of specimens at the collection level, the collection manager would have to make the change for the specimens involved and then the dataset can be modified. Please be aware that such a change may take some time as it depends on the resources of the collection staff.