If this was Smith's intention it was successful, since although Salisbury's genus name "Hookera" has priority over Smith's name "Brodiaea", names as similar as "Hookera" and "Hookeria" are considered to be confusing and a formal proposal to conserve the names "Brodiaea" and "Hookeria" over the name "Hookera" was accepted. "Brodiaea" is thus a "conserved name" or ""nomen conservandum"", shown by the abbreviation ""nom. cons."" after the name in botanical sources. The type species is now "Brodiaea coronaria", and the original type, "Brodiaea grandiflora" Sm., is an illegitimate name.