Re: Typhonium seed

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 1999.06.20 at 16:45:41(3456) >Aroid-lers,< Vic, Sent you an e-mail this AM on the availability of some fruit/seed of this, but don`t know if it went through, let me know asap. Also may soon have fruit/seed of Synandrospadix vermitoxicus, let me know if you need these. Cheers, Julius +More ju-bo@msn.com I have an urgent need for a few berries or seeds (5 to 10) of any Typhonium species for my study of the acids of seed lipids. The only example of Typhonium in my study was carried out on 3 woefully immature seeds which were pickled. The results were so completely out of line with what I expected, that I refuse to believe them. (They are also the only results obtained on pickled specimens.) At the IAS meeting in August, I want to discuss the differences and similarities between Sauromatum, Typhonium, and Theriophonum. You will recall that Peter and Wilbert are planning to submerge Sauromatum in Typhonium based on various macro and micromorphological characters. Based on the current state of my results (the odd Typhonium result) this would appear to be a mistake. Please, someone, try to get me some fresh Typhonium seed or some from a herbarium sheet (preferably not over 10 - 12 years old), so that I can get analyses which will either tend to support or to refute the proposed change of status. Thanks, Vic Soukup

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