Re: xanthosoma mafaffa

From: Tony Avent tony at plantdel.com> on 2001.10.10 at 16:14:23(7606) Eduardo: I hope you will keep up posted as your research yields results. At 12:35 AM 10/10/01 -0500, you wrote: +More >Dear Tony, > > I didn?t mention it just because I could not find a name for it! (That?s >quite simple...) I am completing an article about the cultivated Xanthosoma >and this is one of the "species" that doesn?t seem to have a Linnean name. >In fact, I do not know if it is a natural species. I am presently calling >Xanthosoma "Lime Green" or "Golden" or "Aurea" or "Lime Zinger" or whatever. >The only thing I know is that it doesn?t seem to be X. mafaffa, because of >vegetative and floral differences. In fact, true X. mafaffa is an elusive >species that doesn?t seem to be common in cultivation no more. It is >possible that this golden Xanthosoma is one of the species from the X. >atrovirens complex. I am still checking some aspects on it. By now, it is >better to keep the name exactly like it is. > > Very best wishes, > > Eduardo. > > >> >>Eduardo: >> >> You mention that Xanthosoma maffafa is erronously known as such, but you >>don't mention what it should be correctly known as...any help with a >>correct name would be most appreciated. The only cultivar name for this >>plant that adheres to the nomenclature code is Xanthosoma 'Lime Zinger'. >> > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdel.com phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 662-0370 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent

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