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From: Scott Hyndman hyndman at aroid.org> on 2001.04.12 at 01:12:36(6176)
For those who haven't noticed already, there are some new links from the
home page of the International Aroid Society Web site at
http://www.aroid.org/. Most notable is a link to an announcement for a very
special program on aroids that will be given by John Banta at the April 23
meeting of the IAS at the Fairchild Tropical Garden. John's page has some
examples of the excellent photographs that he has of aroids, and a taste of
what he will be sharing with those lucky enough to attend.
Best regards, Scott
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Mr. Scott Hyndman
International Aroid Society Web Site
Vero Beach, Florida, USA
USDA Hardiness Zone 10a
E-mail: hyndman@aroid.org
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From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2001.04.12 at 16:15:25(6178)
Scott,
You may want to correct the linkname Typhonium peduncleatum to Typhonium
pedunculatum. I know, those darn plant names......WHO the hell creates those
things without prior acceptance by plant enthusiasts....... ??????!!!!!!!
Wilbert
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----- Original Message -----
To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
Sent: donderdag 12 april 2001 3:12
Subject: New content on the IAS Web site
> For those who haven't noticed already, there are some new links from the
> home page of the International Aroid Society Web site at
> http://www.aroid.org/. Most notable is a link to an announcement for a
very
> special program on aroids that will be given by John Banta at the April 23
> meeting of the IAS at the Fairchild Tropical Garden. John's page has some
> examples of the excellent photographs that he has of aroids, and a taste
of
> what he will be sharing with those lucky enough to attend.
>
> Best regards, Scott
>
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> Mr. Scott Hyndman
> International Aroid Society Web Site
> Vero Beach, Florida, USA
> USDA Hardiness Zone 10a
> E-mail: hyndman@aroid.org
>
>
>
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From: Al Wootten awootten at NRAO.EDU> on 2001.04.12 at 20:46:09(6179)
Wilbert Hetterscheid writes:
> You may want to correct the linkname Typhonium peduncleatum to Typhonium
> pedunculatum. I know, those darn plant names......WHO the hell creates those
> things without prior acceptance by plant enthusiasts....... ??????!!!!!!!
Taxonomy was the subject of an interesting article in Science Vol 291 No 5512
p2304 entitled "Linnaeus's Last Stand". It reports a then-impending
(30-31 March) Sympsoium in D. C. on a new system for classification which
the call 'PhyloCode'. Under this proposal, "which seeks to reflect
phylogenetic relationships, genus names could be lost, species names
shortened, hyphenated with former genus descriptor, or given a numeric
designation. The critics are not happy." The article is extensive and
interesting (though I can imagine this proposal's acceptance in aroid-l
would be scant). The article concludes with the note that over the
next several years, we will probably find researchers naming organisms with
both approaches. Some argue for a complete break with traditional names to
avoid confusion.
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I haven't seen a followup article. There was an interesting article on
seed longevity on p. 1884 of the same volume, two weeks earlier issue.
The focus is on the Beal experiment at MSU, in which seeds buried in a
bottle in 1879 are periocially unearthed for germination tests. For some
species (Verbascum blattaria), the seeds continue to sprout and probably will
until the bottles run out in 2100 (by which time no one may recall what
Verbascum blattaria once meant). The article reports the oldest reported
viable seed as a 1450 year old sacred lotus seed.
Clear skies,
Al
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From: Iza & Carol Goroff goroff at idcnet.com> on 2001.04.16 at 02:22:23(6185)
Al Wootten wrote:
> Taxonomy was the subject of an interesting article in Science Vol 291 No 5512
> p2304 entitled "Linnaeus's Last Stand". It reports a then-impending
> (30-31 March) Sympsoium in D. C. on a new system for classification which
> the call 'PhyloCode'. Under this proposal, "which seeks to reflect
> phylogenetic relationships, genus names could be lost, species names
> shortened, hyphenated with former genus descriptor, or given a numeric
> designation. The critics are not happy." The article is extensive and
> interesting (though I can imagine this proposal's acceptance in aroid-l
> would be scant).
Notice the article's date, add a day to the end, and perhaps that's why we haven't
heard more about it.
Iza Goroff
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Whitewater Wisconsin USA
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