Chionodoxa and irids of the world

Chionodoxa and irids of the world
Dennis Kramb (Tue, 17 Mar 2015 07:10:24 PDT)

Google IS my friend. But so is PBS. I like giving PBS members the chance
to share their knowledge with me. Wikipedia is friendly too, but a bit
sketchy. I got all excited about Ainea, a new-to-me genus of irid from
North America, only to find it's really Tigridia. Naughty, Wikipedia.
Naughty.

It's a pity the SIGNA website doesn't address this kind of stuff. Someone
should complain to the webmaster about it.

Dennis in Cincinnati

On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 12:37 AM, James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> wrote:

Dear PBSers,

I think I have a new record in number of deletes over pointless
ranting.

Meanwhile I don’t recall any one helping to ID species in the
genus Chionodoxa. My go-to for cultivated bulbs is ‘The European Garden
Flora’. Vol has a key to the six most commonly encountered species in the
genus. These keys aren’t always easy to use and don’t always cover EVERY
species, but I think this one is pretty good. Vol 1 P 214-215

Dennis surely you know that Google is your friend. And if not
that there is always ‘World of the Iridaceae' by Innes. Fun to go through
the pages and pictures. A newer look is The Iris Family: Natural History
and Classification by Peter Goldblatt. Worth a look.

Best Jim W.

Are there any genera of Iridaceae other than Iris found in Asia or
northern Europe?

James Waddick
8871 NW Brostrom Rd
Kansas City, MO 64152-2711
USA
Phone 816-746-1949

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