Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2625)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)
Order: Asparagales (77)
Family: Amaryllidaceae (25)(family description)
Genus: Griffinia (1)
Epithet: gardneriana (Herb.) Ravenna (2)
Synonyms: Hyline gardneriana Herb., Hyline worsleyi Mallett
gardneriana => in honor of George Gardner (1810-1849), Scottish naturalist (botanist) or Charles Austin Gardner (1896–1970), English-Australian botanist
worsleyi => in honor of Arthington Worsley (1861-1944), English civil engineer and botanist who worked in Brazil