Talk:Pilosocereus royenii

P. royenii

@Peter coxhead:, I think POWO has screwed up in listing P. royenii as a synonym. The say P. royenii is "tentatively listed as a synonym"; it's not clear who is tentatively listing it as a synonym. POWO? Or Byles & Rowley? I've looked at the Byles & Rowley paper and they don't list it as a synonym at all. POWO gives the distribution of P. polygonus as Hispaniola only. Tropicos gives distributions for both species with the Bahamas and Cuba, but with P. royenii also present in Mexico, Jamaica, Honduras, Virgin Islands, etc. Tropicos doesn't have any sources that threat P. royenii as a synonym.

It's not clear to me what source POWO follows in treating P. royenii as a synonym, nor what name should be used for plants occurring outside of Hispaniola. Plantdrew (talk) 01:17, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

@Plantdrew: ok, I'll look at this again. Anderson treats them separately, so with Tropicos and other sources, PoWO can be ignored. I'll try to check with them. Peter coxhead (talk) 12:59, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

@Plantdrew: I've restored two articles (both using {{Speciesbox}}). I'll try to add something on the taxonomic issues later. Peter coxhead (talk) 09:14, 5 March 2024 (UTC)