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Re: Alocasia fallax
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From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1998.01.19 at 20:43:12(1854)
You'll be delighted to know that the intergalactic committee to keep
everyone confused on names has changed the name of the navicular bone in
the wrist to the scaphoid bone. I think it's the same committee that gets
together to change the names of bacteria and plant genera.
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At 06:59 PM 1/18/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Nick,
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>According to Aroideana, vol.7, no.3 & 4, pages 137 & 158, A. fallax is
>actually A. navicularis. The name A. fallax is considered to be invalid.
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>I was prompted to open Stearn when I saw this name because many years ago
>I fractured a tiny bone called a tiny bone in my right hand, called a
>"navicular". Stearn says this means "boat shaped". What do you see that
>could be interpreted as boat shaped, a leaf, a spathe?
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>Don
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>Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b
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