Seeds of Typhonium (Sauromatum) brevipes, or gaoligongense

From: "Marek Argent" <abri1973 at wp.pl> on 2007.07.16 at 12:24:58(15983) Theank for the reply. Some of my venosums propagate very quicky, some almost at all Marek +More ----- Original Message ----- To: "Discussion of aroids" Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Fwd: Seeds of Typhonium (Sauromatum) brevipes, or gaoligongense > Dear Marek, > At the time of the transfer of Sauromatum to Typhonium there were > three species in the genus Sauromatum, one very common, venosum, and the > other two of which I need a few seeds for chemical analysis. This request > has nothing to do with growing. T. venosum is indeed very easy to > propagate. It is actually hardy here in the Cincinnati area, although I > don't know the source of the plants --- did they come from the northern > limits of the range in east Asia or from the Cameroons in equatorial > Africa. > I repeat my request: does anyone have, or know of someone who > has, seeds of either or both of the other two former (at the time of the > transfer) species of Sauromatum? > > Vic > > Victor G. Soukup PhD > Herbarium > University of Cincinnati > Cincinnati, OH 45221-0006At 09:11 AM 7/10/2007 +0200, you wrote: >>hey, >> >>Why do you need seeds, the plant very easily propagates vegetatively. >> >>Marek >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Victor Soukup" >>To: >>Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 5:03 PM >>Subject: [Aroid-l] Fwd: Seeds of Typhonium (Sauromatum) brevipe >>orgaoligongense >> >> >> > >> >>Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:49:55 -0400 >> >>To: >> >>From: Victor Soukup >> >>Subject: Seeds of Typhonium (Sauromatum) brevipe or gaoligongense >> >> >> >>Dear Members, >> >> If anyone has seeds of either, or both, of the above named >> >> Typhonium species, or knows of someone who might, please get in touch >> >> with me. The seeds can be fresh or taken from a dry herbarium >> >> specimen >> >> and can be up to 75 years old. I may be able to get by with only 2 - >> >> 3 >> >> seeds of each. >> >> They are needed to confirm chemical relationships in this part >> >> of >> >> the genus Typhonium. In 2000 in an article in Aroideana, Hetterscheid >> >> and Boyce transferred these two species from Sauromatum to Typhonium >> >> while presenting evidence for the move. They also presented evidence >> >> that these species along with a small group of other Typhoniums are >> >> different --- that Typhonium is paraphyletic. >> >> My chemical evidence supports this grouping except that I have >> >> never been able to find any seeds of the two above mentioned species >> >> to >> >> ascertain that this same chemical difference exists throughout the >> >> entire >> >> small group. >> >> Please help if you can, otherwise I must just make an >> >> assumption >> >> that they do in fact behave as their co-species, as reported by >> >> Hetterscheid and Boyce. >> >> >> >>Vic >> >> >> >>Victor G. Soukup PhD >> >>Herbarium >> >>University of Cincinnati >> >>Cincinnati, OH 45221-0006 >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Aroid-L mailing list >> > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com >> > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >> > >> > >> > __________ NOD32 Informacje 2388 (20070710) __________ >> > >> > Wiadomosc zostala sprawdzona przez System Antywirusowy NOD32 >> > http://www.nod32.com lub http://www.nod32.pl >> > >> > >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Aroid-L mailing list >>Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com >>http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > > __________ NOD32 Informacje 2399 (20070714) __________ > > Wiadomosc zostala sprawdzona przez System Antywirusowy NOD32 > http://www.nod32.com lub http://www.nod32.pl > > _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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