Ian, the treatments of Lilium in both the Flora of North America and the Jepson manual — the flora of California — were written by Mark Skinner; his excellent fieldwork revealed that many lilies are pollinated by hummingbirds. Both treatments are online. Paige Woodward > On Aug 18, 2015, at 9:22 AM, <iain@auchgourishbotanicgarden.org> <iain@auchgourishbotanicgarden.org> wrote: > > I would be grateful for any help please on the subject of hummingbird bird pollinators for species Lilium > in North America, especially those native to the Pacific littoral. > > Currently trying to conclude a paper for publication on the Sectional revision of the Neoarctic species > of lilies which research is now essentially concluded but I really would be grateful to learn which genera > amongst North American Hummingbirds are known as pollinators of lilies in the genus Lilium, particularly > those from the Pacific coastal Region. This work has been, along with the bigger Lily Monograph, drastically > held up due to the dreaded Lyme disease but it is nearing overall completion however the taxonomy of the > genus Lilium has gone through a radical re-organisation following the introduction of Phytotaxonomy with > familiar names disappearing and others revealed which have hitherto been hiding in plain sight. > > The only Hummingbird genera of which I am aware are variously e.g. Anthracothorax, Eulampis, Orthorhyncus; > Trochilus; Archlochus; etc, etc, however my only reference book is a beautifully illustrated book by a friend who > illustrates ornithological work for Princeton, Norman Arlott whose beautiful book "Birds of the West Indies" does > not remotely cover the western littoral of North America and accessing ornithological reference publications for > this part of the distribution of birds living in the sticks on the north western edge of the Atlantic is none too easy. > > If anyone could provide some guidance on this it would be appreciated as well as acknowledged on publication. > Although now more or less completed, subject to editing and peer revue. I expect publication will probably be late > Autumn 2015. By all means get in touch privately if convenient, all responses will be replied to. > > Many thanks in hope. Iain > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/