Re: bulbs, corms tubers and other Geophytes...

Janis and everyone,
may I ask if these new lists are associated with the report I heard that Kew
would be
doing DNA testing to verify all that seemed in question?And perhaps all as time
and monies allowed..Many were very disturbed to hear this but I am just
wondering..Any that know?

LONDE@aol.com wrote:

> >>I'm not sure if the Hemerocallis genus is part of a larger family
> >>referred to as lilies
>
> Yes, Hemerocallis is a member of the Liliaceae family. (In English, daylilies
> are in the lily family.) They are a different genus, but in the same family.
> Or at least they were.  If what Marge suspects is true, then the taxonomists
> have moved them.  I have a hard time believing that Kew list is a complete
> list.  Liliaceae is (was?) a big family.  Surely those crazed botanists
> didn't move over half of them.  Does anyone know for sure?
>
>  --Janis
>
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