This generic "swap" has very serious ramifications. Spartina alterniflora is an widespread, species which is considered highly invasive in coastal ecosystems. It is well-known outside the botanical or even "grass" literature, by the name Spartina. Changing this generic allocation will cause great confusion in places that have developed monitoring programs for the spread of this species. If it is necessary for some "higher' reason to make this change, I suggest that [Spartina] be included in the documentation to forestall chaos in the fields other than grass systematics.
I understand your concern, but browsing for Spartina alterniflora will still return the same species. It's a 1-to-1 swap, not a split. But you can set the common name to Spartina if you want.
This is part of our change to Plants of the World (POWO) as the main taxonomic backbone for plants on iNat.
Los desacuerdos no intencionados ocurren cuando un grupo padre (B) se reduce al cambiar un grupo hijo (E) a otra parte del árbol taxonómico, provocando que las Identificaciones existentes del grupo padre sean interpretados como desacuerdos con las Identificaciones existentes del grupo hijo cambiado.
Identification
La ID 2 del taxón E será un desacuerdo no intencionado con la ID 1 del taxón B después del intercambio de ancestros
Si el adelgazamiento del grupo padre provoca más de 10 desacuerdos no intencionados, deberías dividir el grupo padre después de intercambiar el grupo hijo para substituir las identificaciones existentes del grupo padre (B) con identificaciones con las que no esté en desacuerdo.
This generic "swap" has very serious ramifications. Spartina alterniflora is an widespread, species which is considered highly invasive in coastal ecosystems. It is well-known outside the botanical or even "grass" literature, by the name Spartina. Changing this generic allocation will cause great confusion in places that have developed monitoring programs for the spread of this species. If it is necessary for some "higher' reason to make this change, I suggest that [Spartina] be included in the documentation to forestall chaos in the fields other than grass systematics.