Verifying Zephyranthes names
Jane McGary (Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:05:39 PST)

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