If you can get it to work (sometimes problematic in itself) go to "google books and try Thad Howards 'Bulbs for Warm Climates'. I'll try to give you a link--we shall see if it works: http://books.google.com/books/… go to right lower side and type in species. Sometimes it will let you link directly to a book--other times not. Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane McGary" <janemcgary@earthlink.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Re : Re : Verifying Zephyranthes names > Thanks to Deborah for her information. One problem an editor runs > into is exemplified in her comments: People in a certain region > (state, province) often prefer a name that appears in a local flora > but is not accepted in the wider literature. This is particularly > devilish when we turn to the Rocky Mountain area, but I think they're > sorting it out now. > > As for whether it is Zephyranthes atamasca or atamasco, it is > apparently controversial and I'm including both spellings in the > index. I get both versions from writers in the area where it grows. > > The IPNI site recommended by Luc comes up quite slowly for me, and > it's disappointing to wait and wait, and then find out the item > searched is not on the site. I have discovered some really good > resources in the process of this fact checking, though, such as > LegumeWeb, a fast site with great information on the Fabaceae. The > U.S. government site ITIS also is pretty fast, though a work in > progress, and efloras.com is often helpful. > > Jane McGary > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/