M=E9linon was a French botanist who
collected in French Guiana between 1862 and 1865 according to the British Museum site dealing with botanical
authors. Tropicos correctly uses the name Philodendron melinonii for this
species.
Change of topic (and please note that I am
not referring to these two alternative spellings offered here). This may be a
time to comment on Tropicos as a source of information. They are very good on
names (no one is infallible) but only set out to list all the names that have
been used – in the tradition of Index Kewensis - so cannot be used to
verify which of several synonyms is to be adopted. This comment is irrelevant
to the question, but is something to bear in mind if looking for an
authentication of a name where two synonyms are floating around.
Derek
From:
aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Michael Pascall
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
2:46 AM
To: of aroids Discussion
Subject: [Aroid-l] Philodendron
meliononi or is it melinonii ?
First spelling is from a pdf file
of Philio. spp I have on file .
IAS source . A search with first spelling gives many hits .
Michael Pascall,
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