Re: [Aroid-l] 52 new species discovered in Borneo

From: "Peter Boyce" <botanist at malesiana.com> on 2006.12.23 at 01:17:49(15000) Fascinating news but, 52 species in the plant, animal and fungal kingdoms combined is really the tip of the tip of an ENORMOUS iceberg; our current research on one medium-sized aroid genus (Schismatoglottis) will almost certainly more double the number of species from c. 70 to 150 in Sarawak alone; Homalomena (perhaps the largest aroid genus is Borneo) has c. 80 spp. alone in Sarawak fewer than 30 names for the whole island; Alocasia had, prior to the latest revsion just under a decade ago recognized 21 species for Borneo (then a 47% increase); since then a further 14 species have been recognized. Perhaps the most striking aroid example come from Amorphophallus with currently 15 species described for Borneo and a number of others (maybe as many as 5 that we know of... no idea how many others awaiting finding) awaiting description but as recently as 1981 the tally for the island was just 2 species. Peter +More ----- Original Message ----- To: "Discussion of aroids" Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 6:35 AM Subject: [Aroid-l] 52 new species discovered in Borneo > http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061219-borneo-species.html> > i don't see mention of aroids, but there is an amazing> Marantaceae... the photo is in the report that is> available on the WWF webpage (follow the links).> > on the other hand, they mention 16 new gingers.> > =========> tsuh yang> > __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________> Aroid-l mailing list> Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com> http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l> > _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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