Genus & family checklist additions here

Genus Bulbine should be moved from family Liliaceae to Asphodelaceae.

Thank you these have been corrected.

Terry,
could you please add the genus
Acetosa
to the Polygonaceae

thanks
Ken

Hi Ken,

Acetosa has been added - thanks for your patience!

Terry, another genus to add please:

Afgekia
in the Papilionaceae

thanks, Ken

and another two please,

Aotus in the Papilionaceae
and
Petalostylus in the Caesalpiniaceae

thanks,
Ken

Ken, I added Afgekia and Aotus. I couldn't find any information on Petalostylus, so I think you meant Petalostylis. I added that, but if you meant something different, let us know.

Joan

Would you please add X Chiranthofremontia to genus list for me?
Thanks

This message was edited Jul 25, 2008 2:15 PM

X Chiranthofremontia has been added.

Thanks Joan, yes I did mean Petalostylis!
Ken

Thanks Joan!!!

Would you please add Templetonia in the Papilionaceae to the list of genera,

Ken

Ken, Templetonia has been added as a valid genus name.

Please add x Zephybranthes (bigeneric cross of Zephyranthes x Habranthus) in family Amaryllidaceae

Example: http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Fall/Detail/04332.html

Any follow-up yet on x Zephybranthes?

Sorry for the delay. I don't know how we missed this.

I did some checking, and the only references I can find to Zephybranthes is on the Plant Delights website, and a couple other citations on a couple other websites. None of our resources have it listed as a valid genus. It may still be working it's way down the pipe though.

The Royal Horticultural Society has 'Norma Pearl' listed as Zephyranthes, and until more is published about the intergeneric hybrid Zephybranthes, I think we should stick with how RHS has it listed. Later, if Zephybranthes becomes more widely accepted, we can update the entry then. I hope this link works. If not, type in Norma Pearl and it will bring it up. http://www.rhs.org.uk/databases/summary2.asp?crit=Norma%20and%20Pearl&Genus=Zephyranthes

Terry,
could you please add the genus Gompholobium in the Papilionaceae to the approved list,

Ken

Gompholobium has been added to the accepted list.

Could you please add the genus: Chorizandra in the family: Cyperaceae to the list,

thank you

Ken

Hi Ken,

Chorizandra has been added.

Joan

Please add Genus: Canarium to Family Burseraceae.

Canarium has been added to the accepted list.

Please add Family: Lomandraceae.

Please add Mathiasella bupleuroides to the family Apiaceae.

Thanks

The family Lomandraceae and the genus Mathiasella have been added to the accepted list.

Can I question the use of the family Lomandraceae. In the Flora of Australia this family was merged into the Xanthorrhoeaceae. It appears from the Flora of New South Wales, that the Lomandraceae has been reinstated, however we already have 8 plants of the genus Lomandra in PlantFiles, all recorded as Xanthorrhoeaceae.

I don't know which is the right way to go, but we should be consistent and that would seem to mean at least for the present that Lomandra's should all remain in Xanthorrhoeaceae,

Ken

Ken, I verified Lomandraceae with both RHS and IPNI. I did fail to check to see what family we had the other genera in. According to RHS and IPNI, Lomanda should be in Lomandraceae

http://www.rhs.org.uk/databases/summary2.asp?crit=Lomandraceae&Genus=Lomandra
http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_family=&find_genus=Lomandra&find_species=&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_publicationTitle=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch

It appears that we need to take a closer look at the genera in both of those families in regards to how we have them listed in PlantFiles. Thanks for the heads up. We'll take a look at this problem.

As far as I could tell, Lomandra was the only genus we had in PlantFiles that needed to be corrected to Lomandraceae. If I missed some, please let me know.

I agree Joan Lomanda is the only genus of Lomandraceae represented in PlantFiles so far.
Ken

Thanks! If you notice anymore, please let us know.

Cavendishia in the family Ericaceae

Cavendishia has been added to the accepted list. Thanks!

One of today's articles reminded me that Cannabis, in the family Cannabaceae, is not in PlantFiles, nor on the checklist.

PlantFiles is designed to be a user-friendly compendium of gardening and horticultural information, covering native and cultivated plants grown for their ornamental or culinary value. Plants grown primarily for their narcotic or psychotropic effects are not allowed in PlantFiles.

Could you please add the genus Restio in the family Restionaceae to the approved list,

Ken

Restio has been added to the accepted list.

Could you please add the genus Baccaurea

Also I have found genus Pithecellobium listed in Plantfiles as Mimosaceae but other sources such as Tropicos list it as Fabaceae which is also not in the checklist.

This message was edited Dec 2, 2008 7:59 PM

Could you also add genus Bouea and Alibertia.


This message was edited Dec 2, 2008 7:58 PM

I've added Baccaurea and Bouea to the accepted list. Alibertia is already on the accepted list, so you shouldn't have any problem adding plant in that genus. If you are, please let us know what problems you are encountering so we can look into it. We use RHS, IPNI and GRIN most of the time to verify our entries. Tropicos seems to be way behind on their updates.

We don't use Fabaceae in PlantFiles anymore. Instead we use the three subfamilies of Caesalpiniaceae, Mimosaceae, and Papilionaceae http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/413338/

Could you please add the genus Isotropis in the family Papilionaceae to the accepted list,

Ken