Atención: Algunas o todas las identificaciones afectadas por esta división puede haber sido reemplazada por identificaciones de Sambucus. Esto ocurre cuando no podemos asignar automáticamente una identificación a uno de los taxa de salida. Revisar identificaciones de Sambucus nigra 52690

Taxonomic Split 36658 (Guardado el 27/09/2018)

iNaturalist's authority for vascular plant taxonomy is Plants of the World Online aka POWO, plantsoftheworldonline.org. Like some of iNat's previous regional taxonomic authorities (VASCAN, Weakley), POWO splits Sambucus nigra into several species rather than treating them as infraspecific taxa.

Although Sambucus canadensis (syn. S. nigra subsp. canadensis) has been an active taxon on iNaturalist for a while, there are still ~1300 observations identified as Sambucus nigra in eastern North America that should likely be identified as S. canadensis as well as ~1200 in western North America that should likely be identified as S. cerulea (syn. S. nigra subsp. caerulea). This split serves to illustrate that Sambucus nigra on iNaturalist is in the strict sense, "sensu stricto", a species native to and largely found in Europe, but also introduced and naturalized elsewhere.

The output taxa have been atlased on iNaturalist--rough range maps uploaded. Range maps are never perfect, and this group is complicated by the fact that several species have been introduced and naturalized in many different countries worldwide, so please be vigilant in reviewing observations of Sambucus spp. Unfortunately Sambucus nigra sensu stricto has apparently been documented in Ontario, Connecticut, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, where it co-occurs with S. canadensis, so observations currently identified as S. nigra in those locations will be bumped up to genus rather than automatically reassigned to Sambucus canadensis. There are a few other similar cases of co-occurrence worldwide.

For eastern North America black elderberry ID, adapted from GoBotany and Michigan Flora:

Sambucus nigra (sensu stricto)
previously known as S. nigra subsp. nigra
Sambucus canadensis
previously known as S. nigra subsp. canadensis
Larger, can be a small tree up to 10 m tall Smaller, shrub up to 2.5 m tall
Branchlets with abundant lenticels Branchlets with sparse lenticels
3-7 leaflets, usually 5 5-11 leaflets, usually 7
Petals yellow-white, carpels usually with 3 stigmas (sometimes 4) Petals white, carpels with 4 stigmas (sometimes 3 or 5)
Pendulous fruiting clusters More-or-less erect fruiting clusters
Drupe dingy purple, turning black, 6-8 mm wide Drupe bright red, turning purple-black, 4-5 mm wide

For western North America black elderberry ID, to my knowledge the only dark-fruited elderberry out there is Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa (and rarely S. cerulea), so be on the lookout for S. racemosa var. melanocarpa that are now incorrectly IDed as Sambucus cerulea...

Atlases and observation count stats, pre- and post-split [2018-09-27]:

  • Sambucus nigra (sensu lato), 4210 obs -> 22 obs (due to users opting out of community ID and taxon change updates)
  • Sambucus nigra (sensu stricto), atlas, 0 obs -> 1890 obs
  • Sambucus canadensis, atlas, 1489 obs -> 2879 obs
  • Sambucus cerulea, atlas, 2746 obs -> 3994 obs
  • Sambucus lanceolata, atlas, 0 obs -> 0 obs
  • Sambucus palmensis, atlas, 0 obs -> 0 obs
  • Sambucus peruviana, atlas, 10 obs -> 14 obs
Plants of the World Online (Referencia)
Añadido por bouteloua el agosto 14, 2018 12:12 MAÑANA | Comprometido por bouteloua el 27 de septiembre de 2018
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Good.

Publicado por bodofzt hace más de 5 años

Given the possibility of introductions, I'm still at a loss for how to identify elderberries to species in western North America. Does anyone know of a key that would allow us to separate, say, S. nigra sensu stricto from Sambucus cerulea?

Publicado por kueda hace más de 3 años

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