Moonhowl said:Looking at Hippeastrum in the Plant database, the word AMARYLLIS would need to be removed from each entry and a Note would need to be added to say that includes Genus Hippeastrum species and hybrids/crosses and no other members of the Amaryllidaceae Family.
The Amaryllis PlantDB would either have to only list the two species and cultivars within them.
An Amaryllidaceae Family/Hybrid Alliance Maybe?
Greene, I should clarify that I didn't mean you were confusing the matter. I was referring to Moonhowl's post. I don't think there's any need to change anything in the database. The word "Amaryllis" does not have to be removed from the entries because it is the common name of those plants. There's no need for a "Note" because the generic entry for the Amaryllis Database already says that the information applies to every plant of the Amaryllis and Hippeastrum genera. The Amaryllis Database is already an "alliance" of those two genera.
As for the way to distinguish the two accepted Amaryllis species in the list of entries when you "browse by genus," just look at the botanical name. Only two of the entries are called Amaryllis. The others are listed as other genera, which means that the Amaryllis species are only synonyms of the currently accepted names.
