Re: Urginea maritima
- Subject: Re: Urginea maritima
- From: John MacGregor j*@earthlink.net
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 13:39:10 -0700
on 5/12/03 12:37 PM, Nan Sterman at nsterman@plantsoup.com wrote:
> John, Joe and others who responded to my question about urginea...
> the San Marcos growers site says that the genera name was changed to
> Drimia. How do I confirm new names? Who is the authority?
Nan,
The Missouri Botanical Garden's W3-TROPICOS lists only Urginea maritima,
with no synonyms. A search for Drimis yields nothing. Likewise , the RHS
Plant Finder. I have never heard of the genus Drimis. San Marcos lists Sea
Onion in its printed catalog as Urginea maritima, and on the the web site
gives Drimis maritima only as a synonym. If this is from a very
recently-published revision, it hasn't made it into the authoritative
sources yet. I would forget about it. Listing it as a synonym will only
confuse your readers.
John MacGregor
South Pasadena, CA 91030
USDA zone 9 Sunset zones 21/23
