ID help, please

Mary Sue Ittner via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Sat, 21 Aug 2021 07:24:11 PDT
In the book Bulbs of North America (2001) in the section written by Alan 
Meerow there is this statement:

"Zephyranthes jonesii, Z. refugiensis, and Z. smallii are three narrowly 
distributed sulfur-yellow rain lilies of Texas that are thought by most 
botanists to be hybrids of Z. pulchella with the night-blooming Z. 
chlorosolen."

Plants of the World Online lists all three as being located in 
south-east to southern Texas. Does anyone know the current thoughts 
about them? Flora of North America seems to be way behind the current 
thinking of most other sources when it comes to bulbs. They still have a 
lot of species listed in Liliaceae that were relocated long ago as shown 
in what they list in that family below. I wonder who is working on 
monocots for them.

(Aletris, Allium, Alstroemeria, Amianthium, Androstephium, Asparagus, 
Asphodelus, Bloomeria, Brodiaea, Calochortus, Camassia, Chamaelirium, 
Chionodoxa, Chlorogalum, Clintonia, Convallaria, Crinum, Dianella, 
Dichelostemma, Echeandia, Eremocrinum, Erythronium, Fritillaria, 
Galanthus, Habranthus, Harperocallis, Hastingsia, Helonias, 
Hemerocallis, Hesperocallis, Hippeastrum, Hosta, Hyacinthoides, 
Hymenocallis, Hypoxis, Leucocrinum, Leucojum, Lilium, Lloydia, 
Maianthemum, Medeola, Melanthium, Milla, Muilla, Muscari, Narcissus, 
Narthecium, Nothoscordum, Odontostomum, Ornithogalum, Pleea, 
Polygonatum, Prosartes, Schoenocaulon, Schoenolirion, Scilla, Scoliopus, 
Stenanthium, Streptopus, Tofieldia, Triantha, Trillium, Triteleia, 
Triteleiopsis, Tulipa, Uvularia, Veratrum, Xerophyllum, Zephyranthes, 
Zigadenus)

I often find when researching for the wiki that what I find at the Flora 
of North America doesn't match the current thinking of other resources. 
I think it really makes it challenging when it comes to identification.

Mary Sue



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