Re: Colocasia kotoensis

From: StellrJ at aol.com on 2001.03.30 at 16:27:16(6116) In a message dated 3/29/01 11:54:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, boyce@pothos.demon.co.uk writes: << Is Colocasia kotoensis any different from C. esculenta? Have you seen the +More type of this species name? >> I suspect the type is in Japan, since it was described by a Hayata, and I have not had the priviliege of seeing it. But I have seen the living plants, and am not sure why it is named Colocasia -- the leaves are nothing like C. esculenta, but look instead like a Philodendron (one long midrib, pinnate veins, and not at all peltate). However, the inflorescence may be more like that of C. esculenta (green spathe, pointed at the tip, thick white spadix completely within the spathe). My identification was based on the description and photo by Zheng and Lu (2000), in Chinese. This was one reason I wondered if any collections in the West were interested -- actually having a specimen would allow for further study. Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large

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