The Chemidaceae
Antennaria@aol.com (Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:59:26 PDT)

Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote:

I find it quite fascinating that
this genus which was another one
that was included in Liliaceae in
The Jepson manual is slated to join
Camassia in the Agavaceae family.

And from the PBS wiki Chlorogalum page:

Formerly considered to be part of
the Liliaceae family, Dahlgren placed
this genus in the Hyacinthaceae family,
but dna now suggests they be assigned
to the Agavaceae family

Oh my, it seems that we've lost another genus. It's astoundiung to me to discover that Camassia, after it's liberation from Liliaceae, and it's journey to the Scilloideae family and then the Hyacinthinaceae, should end up in Agavaceae! What other bulbous genera, beside Chlorogalum and Camassia are slated to become such unlikely bedfellows? Maybe, where this genus should really go, is in the Chemidaceae (oops, I mean Themidaceae) along with Brods and Trits, based on dna chemical analysis?

Mark McDonough
Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States
"New England", near New Hampshire
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