Jane wrote: "I can't see that Rhodophiala has
been subsumed under Zephyranthes.) Eremolirion is a rather nice name for
Rhodophiala laeta ("sand lily"), though its habitat is not as sandy as
that of several others. "
I think it is only our old friend Rh. bifida which is now a Zephyranthes.And a better translation of Eremolirion would be desert lily or wilderness lily. One way of doing "sand lily" in Greek is "ammolirion", but that has already been used for some Eremurus ( from desert and tail).
Jim McKenney
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