Re: [Aroid-l] African aroids?

From: Peter Boyce <phymatarum at gmail.com> on 2013.06.25 at 03:23:40 David, If we're stretching Africa then should include Arisarum vulgare, A. simorrhinum, Eminium spiculatum, and Biarum olivieri. Being tediously pedantic, the Moroccan Arum hygrophilum is a separate species (as yet unpublished: Arum maurum (Braun-Blanq. & Maire) comb. ined. P. On 25 June 2013 09:05, DAVID LEEDY <djleedy@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Jason, As part of Africa is on the Mediterranean, I would think that Arum occurring in Morocco (Arum hygrophillum Boiss &=A0 Arum italicum Miller) and Libya (Arum cyrenaicum Hruby) might be included in your list of African aroids.=A0 David Leedy From: Jason Hernandez <jason.hernandez74@yahoo.com> To: "aroid-l@gizmoworks.com" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com> Sent: Mon, June 24, 2013 10:48:36 AM Subject: [Aroid-l] African aroids? Hello again, fellow aroiders, =A0 I have been wondering today about African aroids.=A0 Those of us who grow tropical aroids will be aware of the genera of the American tropics, i.e. Caladium, Xanthosoma, Philodendron, Anthurium, Monstera, Spathiphyllum, Dieffenbachia, et al.; and the Southeast Asian genera, Epipremnum, Aglaonema, Colocasia, Alocasia, Cyrtosperma, and most of the Amorphs.=A0 But Africa seems almost like the Lost Continent.=A0 Other than Zantedeschia and some of the Amorphs, what African genera are widely known in cultivation?=A0 The biodiversity of Africa has long fascinated me, but it seems like the most difficult continent to find out=A0much about.=A0 Who here grows African aroids besides Zantedeschia and Amorphs? =A0 Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --001a1133c07437e65a04dff20efb-- --===============5778727105312931294==

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