[Bug]: Search for a taxon, including synonyms, is linking to non-synonym names

[MiguelGrande]

Contact Details

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Symbiota portal name

CCH2

What happened?

When searching for a taxon, with or without "Synonyms clicked" the search retrieves taxa that are not taxonomic synonyms, but have the same specific epithet. For example, a search for Cryptantha intermedia (Safari) correctly retrieves Cryptantha intermedia and the synonyms Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia and Cryptantha intermedia var. johnstonii (plus a couple of in progress "strigillosa" I have been entering, but it also pulls taxa that are no longer synonyms of C. intermedia, but have been transferred to other species: Cryptantha intermedia var. grandiflora [=Cryptantha grandiflora], Cryptantha intermedia var. hendersonii [=Cryptantha hendersonii], and Cryptantha intermedia var. rigida [=Cryptantha juniperensis]. Chrome also pulls Eritrichium intermedium and Krynitzkia intermedia, which are correct synonmys; Safari does not.

I have checked the synonomy on the Thesaurus, which seems (now) correct (image of Tree View attached).

I don't know how widespread this is, but it is certainly not desirable to pull names that have the same specific epithet, but are not synonyms of that parent name.

I believe this was an issue before 3.1, corrected then.

Best,
Michael Simpson

What operational systems are you seeing the problem on?

MacOS

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Safari