Surajit ji Stellaria media (L.) Vill. is based on Alsine media L., and S. monogyna is a synonym of of it It would be sufficient to list it as such unless we are also listing a variant also say for *Stellaria media* var. *micrantha* (Hayata) T. S. Liu & S. S. Yingvar. Now we would have two taxa , one the original typical plant which would get automatically named as Stellaria media (L.) Vill. var media (an autonym, as it is automatically created so no author name).
In a way when we are listing simply Stellaria media, it means we are referring Stellaria media var. media. Now one of the blunders of The Plant List. It lists *Stellaria media*subsp. *cupaniana *(Jord. & Fourr.) Nyman; logically whenever such a subspecies name is created the original type should become *Stellaria media* subsp. *media, *and if the two varieties are to be retained they would have names as *Stellaria media *(L.) Vill. subsp. *media *var.* media *and* **Stellaria media *(L.) Vill. subsp. *media *var. * **micrantha* (Hayata) T. S. Liu & S. S. Yingvar. But then perhaps no one associated with The Plant List knows these basics of Botanical nomenclature. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 7:25 AM, surajit koley <surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com > wrote: > Sir, > > Both GRIN <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?310864> and The > Plant List <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2481938> list > *Stellaria > media* (L.) Vill. > The Plant List also lists *Stellaria media* var. > *media*<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-6303567>, > one of its synonym is *Stellaria monogyna* D. > Don<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-50210292> > . > But, neither GRIN nor The Plant List describes a plant (do they?). > > FoP has *Stellaria media* (L.) > Vill.<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200007072> > FoC has two varieties of *Stellaria media* (L.) > Vill.<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200007072> > In addition to above FoC also describes *Stellaria neglecta* > Weihe<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242000911> > . > > This species, a wild small decumbent herb, more or less a ft high differs > in all of the above either in 1) flowering season, 2) number of styles, 3) > number of stamens or in more than single feature. > > But, this species conforms to *Stellaria media* L. of "Bengal > Plants"<http://ia600605.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237401&itemPath=%2F1%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237401&server=ia600605.us.archive.org&page=n243_w1150.jpg>, > along with *Stellaria media* L. = *Stellaria monogyna* D. > Don<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-50210292>= > *Alsinella wallichiana* > Benth.<http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/detailsQuery.do?imageId=327614&pageCode=1&presentPage=1&queryId=1&sessionId=81C69C33341E20B59D39467C976A09CA&barcode=K000723664>of > F. > B. I. i. > 230.<http://ia600603.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot21753000004365&itemPath=%2F2%2Fitems%2Fmobot21753000004365&server=ia600603.us.archive.org&page=n280_w1150.jpg> > > What will be its current accepted name? > > (i missed the Caryophyllaceae Week because of the flowering season of this > plant) > > Regards, > > surajit > > -- > > > > --
