Also Howard has original cites in Bulbs for Warm Climates (at least most of these) asan additional source to Alberto's excellent recommendation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Jordan" <djordan68@comcast.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Verifying Zephyranthes names > Hi Jane-- > I probably grow more of them than most (they are perfectly suited for my > climate). I've cut and pasted your list--anything with no comment is an > accepted species. > > Zephyranthes atamasca >> Zephyranthes chichimeca--I've never seen or heard of this one >> Zephyranthes chlorosolen (native to TX) >> Zephyranthes citrina >> Zephyranthes drummondii (native to TX) >> Zephyranthes flavissima --really a variation of Z citrina >> Zephyranthes grandiflora >> Zephyranthes insularum ?--this is a real species, I have it >> Zephyranthes jonesii (native to TX) >> Zephyranthes katherinae this is real and an accepted name >> Zephyranthes lindleyana >> Zephyranthes longifolia >> Zephyranthes macrosiphon >> Zephyranthes morrisclintii--this is a real species >> Zephyranthes pulchella >> Zephyranthes refugiensis--this is probaly a syn for Z jonesii (native to >> TX) >> Zephyranthes reginae --very common, also native to TX >> Zephyranthes rosea >> Zephyranthes simpsonii >> Zephyranthes smallii--also native to TX >> Zephyranthes texana = Habranthus tubispathus var texensi (bulbs of N >> America book--this is what we call it in TX, there are 3 forms--H >> tubispathus (yelloe) H tubispathus var roseus (kinda pink fading to >> beigish-yellow), H tubispathus var texensi--very gold with pronounced >> burnt orgish striations on the undersides 0of petals) >> Zephyranthes traubii --native to TX too (I think) >> Zephyranthes treatii = Z. atamasca var. treatii--a variation I've heard >> of >> but not terribly familiar with, they aren't native here > > I have pics of almost all of these if you need them and am also a member > of > NARGS. > Debbie > Houston, TX > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jane McGary" <janemcgary@earthlink.net> > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 6:05 PM > Subject: [pbs] Verifying Zephyranthes names > > >> Hi, >> I'm working on a cumulative index to the NARGS journal and am trying >> to verify the validity of the plant names that have been cited over a >> period of many years. Internet searches are sometimes helpful, >> sometimes not (the great annoyance is that Google almost always comes >> up with a certain set of almost entirely useless websites that seem >> to have a capability of plugging in any species name that is searched >> with a genus name they have filed, whether they have any information >> on that taxon or not). The genus Zephyranthes is particularly >> difficult to fathom, so I'd like someone who knows the current >> thinking to look at the list below and tell me which names are >> validly published and accepted at this time, and, I hope, the >> synonyms for those that are not. Can you help? An authority and date >> for valid names would be much appreciated. I marked the ones that >> seem particularly problematic with question marks. >> >> Zephyranthes atamasca >> Zephyranthes chichimeca >> Zephyranthes chlorosolen >> Zephyranthes citrina >> Zephyranthes drummondii >> Zephyranthes flavissima ? >> Zephyranthes grandiflora >> Zephyranthes insularum ? >> Zephyranthes jonesii >> Zephyranthes katherinae ? >> Zephyranthes lindleyana >> Zephyranthes longifolia >> Zephyranthes macrosiphon >> Zephyranthes morrisclintii ? >> Zephyranthes pulchella >> Zephyranthes refugiensis >> Zephyranthes reginae ? >> Zephyranthes rosea >> Zephyranthes simpsonii >> Zephyranthes smallii >> Zephyranthes texana = Habranthus tubispathus? >> Zephyranthes traubii >> Zephyranthes treatii = Z. atamasca var. treatii? >> >> Thank you! >> Jane McGary >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/