The 2010 Rare Plant Status Lists contain some scientific name changes that are listed here, old name first then new name. To see further explanations of why they were changed you can type the new name into the NY Flora Atlas. www.atlas.nyflora.org. Some of the species are in Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide and should be changed there too.
Aristolochia serpentaria – Endodeca serpentaria (In Newcomb’s)
Boechera shortii – Boechera dentata
Empetrum eamsii ssp. atropurpureum – Empetrum atropurpureum
Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum – Empetrum nigrum
Erechtites hieraciifolia – Erechtites hieraciifolius (In Newcomb’s)
Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. scabriusculum – Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. angustifolium
Eupatorium hyssopifolium var. laciniatum – Eupatorium torreyanum
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. ovatum – Eupatorium pubescens
Helianthemum dumosum – Crocanthemum dumosum
Helianthemum propinquum – Crocanthemum propinquum
Lespedeza violacea – Lespedeza frutescens (In Newcomb’s)
Loiseleuria procumbens – Kalmia procumbens (In Newcomb’s)
Neobeckia aquatica – Rorippa aquatica
Zigadenus elegans ssp. glaucus – Anticlea elegans ssp. glaucus
Zigadenus leimanthoides – Stenanthium leimanthoides