I believe a particular plant is misidentified in PlantFiles. What is the correct forum to bring it up?
Whom do I discuss it with if I find an error in PlantFiles?
You should post a comment on the mis-ID'd photo, explaining why you think they're wrong, and if they agree with you then they can contact admins and have it moved to the correct place. If the person is an active member here, the thread associated with their picture should show up on their list of watched threads, so they'll know that you wrote a comment and can respond. But some people aren't here anymore, and others post pictures and never come back again, so if some time goes by and you don't get a response, then you could try posting a link to the offending photo on the ID forum (make sure you post a link to their picture, don't take their copyrighted photo and post it yourself) and see what other people think. I think there was one time I did that and the results on the ID forum were conclusive enough that the admins moved the picture even though the person who took the picture never responded.
I just saw your post in the ID forum, so I think your question is about an error in PF not a mis-ID'd picture of a plant...for errors in the PF entry itself, you use the "report an error" button. But I'm not sure that the PF entry you're questioning is actually wrong--I think you've got a case of a plant where there's a currently accepted name and another name that's an older synonym and the PF entry lists both names since some places will continue to refer to plants by older names even though they're not accepted anymore.
What ecrane said ;o)
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