Chilean bulb genera Famatina and Solaria
James R. Fisher (Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:41:58 PST)
Lee Poulsen wrote:
I recently saw a webpage
<http://chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraEnglish/…>
that had photos of the following two bulb species from Chile:
Famatina maulensis
Solaria brevicoalita
The Famatina looked like Phycella or maybe Rhodophiala to me. I didn't
recognize the Solaria species. Are these new genera, or synonyms for
other genera? (This website had many other Chilean plant species in its
database with many photos. It had Phycella and Rhodophiala species as well.)
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Did you notice that the authority for both the Famatina and Solaria is
the famous/notorious Ravenna ?
-jrf
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Jim Fisher
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