Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum

From: "E.Vincent Morano" <ironious2 at yahoo.com> on 2011.02.06 at 07:06:19(21857) Well we know what a phallus is right? There just isnt any other way of saying it. I refuse to participate in the recession, Erin Vincent Morano HTML +More --- On Thu, 2/3/11, Eduardo Gomes Goncalves wrote: From: Eduardo Gomes Goncalves Subject: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum To: "Discussion of aroids" Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 7:34 AM Dear fellows, I have a silly (but important) question for you. As far as I know, Amophophallus is a masculine word, am I correct? In Latin, except for the name of traditional trees (Malus, Pyrus, etc), all names ended in -us are male names. So it is correct to say that all adjective epithets in Amorphophallus species end with -us (A. gomboczianus, A. hirsutus, A lunatus, A. glaucophyllus, etc). Why Amophophallus titanum is not A. titanus? Other species with a similar epithet (I don't remember none in plant kingdom, but I know Dorcus titanus - a beetle)... Wilbert, do you have any reason for this? Very best wishes, Eduardo. INHOTIM Dr. EDUARDO G. GONÇALVES Curador Botânico Jardim Botânico Rua B, 20 35460-000 | Brumadinho | MG | Brasil +55 31 3571.6638 Ramal Fixo 107 +55 31 9604..8618 Ramal 380 Rua Antônio de Albuquerque, 215 | Funcionários 30112-010 | Belo Horizonte | MG | Brasil +55 31 3223.8224 Antes de imprimir, pense em sua responsabilidade com o Meio Ambiente. class="yiv621434webkit-block-placeholder"> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --0-1869199183-1296975979=:56321-- --==============c71508667408408147=

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