[pbs] Chilean bulb genera Famatina and Solaria
Lee Poulsen
wpoulsen at pacbell.net
Mon Jan 14 16:54:49 EST 2008
I recently saw a webpage
<http://www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraEnglish/EPlantdbase.htm>
that had photos of the following two bulb species from Chile:
Famatina maulensis
Solaria brevicoalita
The Famatina looked like Phycella or maybe Rhodophiala to me. I didn't
recognize the Solaria species. Are these new genera, or synonyms for
other genera? (This website had many other Chilean plant species in its
database with many photos. It had Phycella and Rhodophiala species as well.)
They also had a Leucocoryne alliacea that I hadn't seen before. The open
flower looked like a Leucocoryne, but the flower head appearance was
quite different from other Leuc.'s I've seen.
Does anyone know about these?
--Lee Poulsen
Pasadena area, California, USDA Zone 9-10
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