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  Re: Xanthosoma (fwd)
From: "Dr. Tom Croat" <tcroat at lehmann.mobot.org> on 1998.05.15 at 15:33:23(2138)
Aroiders:

For those of you who have been discussing Xanthosoma in recent days I can
concur that it is a taxonomic mess. I would encourage you to bring into
cultivation as many species as possible and demand collection data where
possible. This will be instrumental in a proper understanding of the
genus. Dr. Sue Thompson is working on Xanthosoma but still has a long way
to go to fully know them and I suspect that she has been reluctant to come
forward in this discussion to avoid being bombarded with questions that no
one can yet answer. I would further encourage you to send her material to
cultivate because studying them alive is essential. Sue is on aroid-l.
She works at the Carnegie Museum.

Tom

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