Aroideana Vol. 8 No. 4

Journal of the International Aroid Society

The October 1985 issue of Aroideana (Vol. 8 No. 4) opens with Deni Bown’s exploration of a southern England woodland hosting naturalized non‑native aroids such as Lysichiton americanus and Arisarum proboscideum, complete with habitat description and seasonal observations . J. Bogner follows with the description of Xanthosoma plowmanii, a newly identified pedate‑leaved species from Pará, Brazil, outlining its distinctive villous morphology and ecological context . Thomas B. Croat then presents a taxonomic revision of the Anthurium bredemeyeri complex in Venezuela and Colombia, redefining the endemic A. bredemeyeri and introducing five new related species with diagnostic keys . The issue concludes with author guidelines and details for the 7th Annual Aroid Show and Sale at Fairchild Tropical Gardens.