Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum

From: "E.Vincent Morano" <ironious2 at yahoo.com> on 2011.02.06 at 07:06:19 Well we know what a phallus is right? There just isnt any other way of saying it. I refuse to participate in the recession, Erin Vincent Morano --- On Thu, 2/3/11, Eduardo Gomes Goncalves <eduardo.goncalves@inhotim.org.br> wrote: From: Eduardo Gomes Goncalves <eduardo.goncalves@inhotim.org.br> Subject: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum To: "Discussion of aroids" <aroid-l@www.gizmoworks.com> Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 7:34 AM Dear fellows,  I have a silly (but important) question for you. As far as I know, Amophophallus is a masculine word, am I correct? In Latin, except for the name of traditional trees (Malus, Pyrus, etc), all names ended in -us are male names. So it is correct to say that all adjective epithets in Amorphophallus species  end with -us (A. gomboczianus, A. hirsutus, A lunatus, A. glaucophyllus, etc).  Why Amophophallus titanum is not A. titanus? Other species with a similar epithet (I don't remember none in plant kingdom, but I know Dorcus titanus - a beetle)...  Wilbert, do you have any reason for this? Very best wishes, Eduardo.  =0A INHOTIM  Dr. EDUARDO G. GON=C7ALVES Curador Bot=E2nico Jardim Bot=E2nico Rua B, 20  35460-000 | Brumadinho | MG | Brasil +55 31 3571.6638  Ramal Fixo 107         +55 31 9604..8618  Ramal 380 Rua Ant=F4nio de Albuquerque, 215 | Funcion=E1rios 30112-010 | Belo Horizonte | MG | Brasil  +55 31 3223.8224           Antes de imprimir, pense em sua responsabilidade com o Meio Ambiente.   =0A =0A -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A --0-1869199183-1296975979=:56321-- --===============6371508667408408147==

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