Intergeneric Hybrids

From: "Eduardo Goncalves" edggon at hotmail.com> on 2000.06.15 at 23:48:16(4795) Pete, What about to cross Lemna (any species) and Amorphophallus titanum? I don't know about chromosomal compatibility, but they are really close relatives (see French's work on restriction sites). The main question to ask is: Will this thing still float on the water surface during its flowering? Sorry guys, I couldn't resist... :o) Cheers, Eduardo. +More >Geoffrey > >The lack of intergeneric hybrids is not total. A Japanese plant >geneticist has crossed Alocasia odora with C. esculenta (very poor >seed set and those seedlings raised v. weak growing -as of last >year none yet flowered) which suggests that there may well be >complex barriers to overcome (since Alocasia and Colocasia are >certainly v. closely related). However, another reason is >undoubtedly that no-one has ever really tried. > >Pete > >---------------------------- >Peter Boyce >Herbarium >Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew >Richmond, Surrey >TW9 3AE >Tel. (+44) (0)20 8 332 5207 >fax. (+44) (0)20 8 332 5278 >email: p.boyce@rbgkew.org.uk (work) > boyce@pothos.demon.co.uk (home) > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

From: Iza & Carol Goroff goroff at idcnet.com> on 2000.06.16 at 02:42:12(4797) Eduardo, You are setting yourself to be a floating DUCKweed. Iza Goroff +More Eduardo Goncalves wrote: > What about to cross Lemna (any species) and Amorphophallus titanum? I > don't know about chromosomal compatibility, but they are really close > relatives (see French's work on restriction sites). The main question to ask > is: Will this thing still float on the water surface during its flowering? > Sorry guys, I couldn't resist... :o) > > Cheers, > > Eduardo.

From: Piabinha at aol.com on 2000.06.16 at 02:42:25(4798) In a message dated 6/15/2000 7:48:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, edggon@hotmail.com writes: > What about to cross Lemna (any species) and Amorphophallus titanum? I +More > don't know about chromosomal compatibility, but they are really close > relatives (see French's work on restriction sites). smarty pants edu... how are they so closely related? tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA

From: "Bonaventure W Magrys" magrysbo at shu.edu> on 2000.06.17 at 00:39:38(4802) Some large genera can be split into smaller groups and many seemingly diverse genera are more closely related than we think, or at least member species within them. Witness the orchid Oncidium/Odontoglossum/Miltonia complex. All in all taxonomy is a great deal an artificial system. BWM

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