Jonathan might have mentioned that he has a certain expertise in these genera himself, being holder of a National Plant Collection of them here in the UK. Dr Dee Snijman is an authority on Amaryllidaceae in South Africa. John Grimshaw Visit John Grimshaw's Garden Diary http://johngrimshawsgardendiary.blogspot.com/ Dr. John M. Grimshaw Sycamore Cottage Colesbourne Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NP Tel. 01242 870567 ----- Original Message ----- From: <jonathanhutchinson@rhs.org.uk> Subject: Re: [pbs] "Scad. cinnabarinus >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. >