RE: [Aroid-l] pond scum in NJ-- banta's reply

From: "Eduardo Goncalves" edggon at hotmail.com> on 2005.08.01 at 14:47:45(13260) Dear Marek, I don?t know if something changed in the last five minutes, but unless all phylogenetic methods are wrong, the "Lemnaceae" are much more deeply embedded within the Araceae than Anthurium! If Lemnaceae as so is a accepted family, you have to take Anthurium, Spathiphyllum and Monstera out of the Araceae. For those that have been "out of the business" for the last years, many families have disappeared (e.g. Asclepiadaceae is now in Apocynaceae; Bombacaceae is now in Malvaceae; Taccaceae is now in Dioscoreaceae). Other are almost there, such as Amaryllidaceae (to be swallowed by the Alliaceae). Sad but true... Best wishes, Eduardo. +More Dr. Eduardo G. Goncalves Universidade Catolica de Brasilia Curso de Ciencias Biologicas Sala M-206, QS 7, Lote 1, EPTC CEP 72030-170, Taguatinga ? DF, BRAZIL. Reply-To: Discussion of aroids To: "'Discussion of aroids'" Subject: RE: [Aroid-l] pond scum in NJ-- banta's reply Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:27:57 +0200 I am afraid you are dead wrong, it is just the other way around!! All Lemnaceae are now Araceae, unless something changed no later than a month ago. Wilbert _____ Van: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] Namens Abrimaal Svartvinter Verzonden: zaterdag 30 juli 2005 10:09 Aan: Discussion of aroids Onderwerp: Re: [Aroid-l] pond scum in NJ-- banta's reply Lemna is no longer in the Araceae. It belongs to Lemnaceae. Marek ----- Original Message ----- To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] pond scum in NJ-- banta's reply The "scum" is actually a couple of really neat aroids. The tiny (actually the smallest flowering plant) Wolffia can be identified along with the larger Lemna by checking into Landolt's Lemnaceae, Fl. North America 22: 143-153. Oxford University Press (2000). _____ _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger: instale gr?tis e converse com seus amigos. http://messenger.msn.com.br _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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