Alberto, I read somewhere that the name comes from a Roman outpost somewhere in its native range, called "Hannonius" or something similar. Unfortunately I can't recall where I read this and the original description of the genus gives no indication. Dylan On 8/28/07, Alberto Grossi <crinum@libero.it> wrote: > Hi all, I added further informations about Hannonia to the Hannonia page. > Does any of you know whre the name Hannonia comes from? > Thank you > > Alberto > Italy > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >