Now and again taxon names are created that include the describing author, e.g. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1281196-Commiphora-pteleifolia-engl I tried a couple of ways to correct this by editing the taxon associated names but my attempts failed with different error messages and I can’t edit th…

How do I remove author from base taxon name?

jdmore September 16, 2021, 11:55pm 3

Just adding the link to the Bug Report for cross-reference.

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