[Aroid-l] C. 'Fontanesii' id - Pete's id

From: botanist at malesiana.com (Peter Boyce) on 2007.10.08 at 11:03:34(16425) Hi again Tony, There are pdf files available on-line the original descriptions appearing in Ann. Bot. Fennici and Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. In addition, images of some are on www.natureproducts.net and http://221.130.190.61/biodiversity/showArticle.asp?a_id(7&keyword= Very best Peter +More ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Boyce" To: "Discussion of aroids" Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] C. 'Fontanesii' id - Pete's id > Tony, > > There are a number of new taxa involved in this complex. I have seen some > of the mss (reviewed a couple) but not all. The refs are: > > Colocasia gaoligongensis H.Li & C.L.Long -- Feddes Repert. 110(5-6): 423. > 1999 (IK) > Colocasia gongii C.L.Long & H.Li -- Feddes Repert. 111(7-8): 559. 2000 > (IK) > Colocasia lihengiae C.L.Long & K.M.Liu -- in Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. > (Taipei) 42(4): 313 (2001). (IK) > Colocasia tibetensis J.T.Yin -- Ann. Bot. Fenn. 43(1): 53 (-56; fig. 1). > 2006 [13 Mar 2006] > Colocasia yunnanensis C.L.Long & X.Z.Cai -- Ann. Bot. Fenn. 43(2): 139 > (-142; fig. 1). 2006 [26 Apr 2006] > > In addition there are a couple of obscure names that need to be accounted > for: > > Colocasia fontanesii Schott -- Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 409. 1854 (IK) > Colocasia formosana Hayata -- Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 133. 1919 [25 Mar > 1919] (IK) > Colocasia konishii Hayata -- Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 134. 1919 [25 Mar > 1919] (IK) > Colocasia kotoensis Hayata -- Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 247. 1915 [25 Nov > 1915] (IK) > Colocasia tonoimo Nakai -- in Ic. Pl. As. Or. iii. 231 (1940). (IK) > > > Very best > Pete > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Avent" > To: "Discussion of aroids" > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 6:24 AM > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] C. 'Fontanesii' id - Pete's id > > >> Pete: >> >> I checked the flowers on our C. 'Fontanesii' and indeed the spathes do >> open quite a bit wider than the C. esculenta cultivars that we grow. >> Can you direct us to an article about the C.gaoligongenis/lihengiae >> complex. We found plants in Vietnam that seem to resemble C. >> gaoligongensis, but these look nothing like C. 'Fontanesii'. Please, >> tell us more. >> >> Tony Avent >> Plant Delights Nursery @ >> Juniper Level Botanic Garden >> 9241 Sauls Road >> Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA >> Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F >> Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F >> USDA Hardiness Zone 7b >> email tony at plantdelights.com >> website http://www.plantdelights.com >> phone 919 772-4794 >> fax 919 772-4752 >> "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least >> three times" - Avent >> >> >> >> Peter Boyce wrote: >>> Tony, >>> >>> I am pretty sure that the 'Fontanesii' cultivar of C. esculenta is >>> somewhere >>> in the gaoligongenis/lihengiae complex defined by glossy leaves and a >>> loosely stolonifeous habit combined with a short deep yellow spathe that >>> opens rather wide. >>> >>> Very best >>> >>> Peter >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Tony Avent" >>> To: "Discussion of aroids" >>> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 10:23 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] C. 'Fontanesii' id - Pete's id >>> >>> >>> >>>> Peter: >>>> >>>> I almost missed your note about C. 'Fontanesii' not being a form of C. >>>> esculenta. Sorry to open a can of worms, but if it's not C. esculenta, >>>> what is it and why? >>>> >>>> Tony Avent >>>> Plant Delights Nursery @ >>>> Juniper Level Botanic Garden >>>> 9241 Sauls Road >>>> Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA >>>> Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F >>>> Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F >>>> USDA Hardiness Zone 7b >>>> email tony at plantdelights.com >>>> website http://www.plantdelights.com >>>> phone 919 772-4794 >>>> fax 919 772-4752 >>>> "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least >>>> three times" - Avent >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Aroid-L mailing list >>>> Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com >>>> http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Aroid-L mailing list >>> Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com >>> http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aroid-L mailing list >> Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com >> http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l >> >

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