Topic: Dactylorhiza majalis/occidentalis/kerryensis
I think this is a Recorder 6 issue as the NBN Gateway appears correct.
I enter a record of Dactylorhiza majalis using the VASCULAR plants list. Dactylorhiza majalis is a synonym of Dactylorhiza occidentalis on the VASCULAR plants list.
According to the extra info tool, Dactylorhiza occidentalis has Recommended name of Dactylorhiza kerryensis on the Defra Crop Wild Relatives list. However, when I use the extra info tool on the observation I have just created I am told the Recommended name is Dactylorhiza majalis on the CELI higher plants list.
I believe D. kerryensis is the currently accepted name (and the NBN Gateway shows this).
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