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/