(Fwd) Re: More on Arisaema erubescens (fwd)

From: Don Burns <burns at mobot.org> on 1997.02.27 at 18:17:04(441) To: aroid-l@mobot.org Subject: Re: More on Arisaema erubescens Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 09:06:29 Dear Ray, Arisaema consanguineum is a synonym of A. erubescens in the Chinese Flora of China. As far as I know, it will be the same in the English version we are working on. This species is a well known herbal plant in China. I would appreciate if you could send me a copy of the key translated from the Flora of China. Guanghua +More > Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 20:20:34 -0600 > Reply-to: aroid-l@mobot.org > From: grsjr@juno.com (George R Stilwell, Jr.) > To: zhu > Subject: Re: More on Arisaema erubescens > Peter, > > Very interesting. Thanks for sharing the references with us. I do have a > translation of the Key from Flora of China done at the National > Arboretum. It does identify A. erubescens but does not even mention A. > consanguineum. Hopefully the descriptive portion of the document does do > that, but I do not have a translation of that. I do have a partial > translation, not in computer form, and will search that. > > The section of the key on A. erubescens shows: > > Arisaema Sect. 13 Sinarisaema > > 1. Spathe throat margin entire. > 2. Appendix apex glabrous. > 3. Leaflets 14, undulate-margined; appendix thick-clavate, > narrowed to base, > upper part to 1 cm thick. > > 70. A. undulatum Krause > 3. Leaflets entire. > 4. Leaves 2. > 5. Leaflets 9, oblanceolate; spathe purple with white > striae, > blade with linear cauda to 12 cm long; appendix thin, 7 cm x 1 mm. > > 71. A. oblanceolatum Kitamura > 5. Leaflets 11, linear-lanceolate; spathe green with > white striae, blade with linear cauda 4.0-4.5 cm x 5-6 mm, female > appendix with numerous > sterile flowers. > > 72. A. biradiatifoliatum Kitamura > 4 Leaf 1. > 6. Petiole longer than leaf blade; appendix more or > less with sterile flowers. > 7. Spathe green with white striae; leaflets 7-13. > 8. Appendix thin, 4-5 cm x 1 mm, slightly > recurved, sparsely covered with sterile flowers below. > > 73. A. formosanum Hayata > 8. Appendix thicker, 5-6 cm x 2-4 mm, middle > and lower parts with obtuse sterile flowers to 7 mm long. > > 74. A. kelung-insulare Hay. > 7. Spathe green or purple, with or without white > striae; appendix narrowed toward base and apex, 2-4 cm long, 2.5-5.0 mm > thick in middle, lower part with sterile flowers; leaflets few or more. > > 75. A. erubescens (Wall.) Schott > 6. Petiole shorter than blade; leaflets 13, 30 x 6-7 > (-10) cm. > > 76. A. brevipes Engl. > 2. Appendix apex ciliate or rugose. > 9. Appendix clavate, stipitate, 2.2-6.0 cm x > 5-9 mm, apex densely echinate for more than 0.7 mm. > > 78. A. echinatum (Wall.) Schott > 9. Appendix thin-cylindric, sessile, 2-4 mm > thick, apex rugose, lower part with numerous sterile flowers. > > 77. A. concinnum Schott > 1. Spathe throat margin oblique-truncate, ciliate, blade violet-purple > with greenish white striae that nearly reach the blade margin. > > 79. A. ciliatum H Li > > and so on. > > Ray > GRSJr@Juno.com > > > > Guanghua Zhu Missouri Botanical Garden P. O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA Phone: (314)577-9454 Fax: (314)577-9438

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