Re: [Aroid-l] African aroids?

From: "D. Christopher Rogers" <branchiopod at gmail.com> on 2013.06.25 at 14:15:20 So, Peter: When is the new edition of the Arum book coming out? Grins, Christopher On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Peter Boyce <phymatarum@gmail.com> wrote: 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 Being tediously pedantic, the Moroccan Arum hygrophilum is a separate species (as yet unpublished: Arum maurum (Braun-Blanq.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 _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -- D. Christopher Rogers ((,///////////=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D< 785.864.1714 Crustacean Taxonomist and Ecologist Kansas Biological Survey Kansas University, Higuchi Hall 2101 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3759 USA http://www.kbs.ku.edu/ http://www.kbs.ku.edu/directory/d-christopher-rogers/ Affiliate, Invertebrate Zoology, Biodiversity Institute, The University of Kansas http://invertebratezoology.biodiversity.ku.edu/ Associate Editor, Journal of Crustacean Biology http://www.thecrustaceansociety.org/ =A0 Southwest Association of Freshwater Invertebrate Taxonomists SAFIT.ORG HC SVNT CRVSTACEORVM --001a11c2189ec1486504dffb28fb-- --===============5523097040637238614==

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