I would have thought that Prof.Ib Friss and Prof. Inger Nordal would be given that accolade as they produced a number of papers giving a taxanomic review of the whole genus and separating them from Haemanthus. These were published in the Norwegian journal of Botany. Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Westfall Sent: 27 January 2011 21:39 To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: [pbs] "Scad. cinnabarinus Mary Sue, Who do you consider to be the "leading authority" on Scadoxus? Doug