# Recommendations for commonly used generic name that is misspelled

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/recommendations-for-commonly-used-generic-name-that-is-misspelled/28158>\
**Category:** Curators\
**Created:** [November 28, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/recommendations-for-commonly-used-generic-name-that-is-misspelled/28158 "2021-11-28T22:28:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfau\_tarleton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/pfau_tarleton/32/346_2.png) [@pfau\_tarleton](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pfau_tarleton)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/recommendations-for-commonly-used-generic-name-that-is-misspelled/28158/1 "2021-11-28T22:28:42Z")

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Correct name Szepligetella  
Commonly propogated typo (Szepligetiella)

Both names are in iNaturalist. How best do we handle this situation?

Source describing problem in GBIF:  
[https://github.com/rdmpage/taxonomy-GBIF-manuscript/blob/master/README.md#typographic-errors](https://github.com/rdmpage/taxonomy-GBIF-manuscript/blob/master/README.md#typographic-errors)

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**Author:** ![thomaseverest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/thomaseverest/32/63220_2.png) [@thomaseverest](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/thomaseverest)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/recommendations-for-commonly-used-generic-name-that-is-misspelled/28158/2 "2021-11-28T22:48:35Z")

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I’d recommend continuing the discussion on the flag, and then swapping one for the other. I would go with what the literature says.  
[https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/552577](https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/552577)

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**Author:** ![pfau\_tarleton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/pfau_tarleton/32/346_2.png) [@pfau\_tarleton](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pfau_tarleton)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/recommendations-for-commonly-used-generic-name-that-is-misspelled/28158/4 "2021-11-28T23:26:15Z")

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Thanks…I was confused by what to do: a swap, merge, drop, etc. I performed a swap with Szepligetiella as input and Szepligetella as output. Hopefully that’s correct.

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**Author:** ![jdmore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jdmore/32/1116_2.png) [@jdmore](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jdmore)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/recommendations-for-commonly-used-generic-name-that-is-misspelled/28158/5 "2021-11-29T06:36:53Z")

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Closing to direct any further discussion to the flag linked above.

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**Author:** ![jdmore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jdmore/32/1116_2.png) [@jdmore](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jdmore)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/recommendations-for-commonly-used-generic-name-that-is-misspelled/28158/6 "2021-11-29T06:36:57Z")

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