Chilean bulb genera Famatina and Solaria
Mary Sue Ittner (Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:57:25 PST)

If you look at the Kew checklist you find that Solaria which is considered
to be in the Alliaceae family (Kew uses the APG II -- Angiosperm Phylogeny
Group system) was named in 1857 when one species was named. Most of the
other species were named or renamed by Ravenna. (One of the renamed ones
was a Gethyum and the other called Ancrumia). The Solaria species Lee
referenced was named in 2005.

On the other hand the checklist is not accepting Famatina which was created
by Ravenna in 1972.
The Kew accepted names are: Rhodophiala andina and Phycella herbertiana
for the various Ravenna named species . The plant Lee referenced is the
latter so Lee had sharp eyes to see it looked like a Phycella. There is
another species Ravenna named in 2003, Famatina cisandina, that Kew lists
as unplaced. That's the first time I've seen that as a category.

As someone pointed out to me, Kew checklist is just another resource and
not all resources agree, but at least it is a resource that is on the web
which I really appreciate.

Mary Sue