Rhodophiala, Sprekelia, Eithea, Habranthus all lumped into Zephyranthes
Garak (Sun, 29 Sep 2019 13:54:39 PDT)

Hi all,

As I can't access the full text, I have to refer to the IRG-newsletter,
which also states that a lot of Rhodophialas have become Zephyranthes.
Now while I can accept a lot of that lumping together, as some of the
classic morphological differences (flower count and angle) may be
reversible on-and-off switch genes like flower symmetry in Irids (e.g.
Iris domestica or the simple-structured types of moraea), the one thing
that puzzles me is Sprekelia as Zephyranthes - I had expected that one
to end up in Hippeastrum as readily as they hybridize. Does that mean we
should be able to cross a lot more Zephiranthes into Hippeastrums?

Martin

Am 28.09.2019 um 22:36 schrieb Jim McKenney via pbs:

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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