Re: [Aroid-l] Dracunculus and Dracunculus

From: Zach DuFran <zdufran at wdtinc.com> on 2010.09.07 at 15:28:22(21411) Another example is the genus Heliconia, which applies to butterflies which feast on Passionflowers (Passiflora), and also applies to the a tropical genus in the Zingerberales order, Heliconiaceae family. These are the “False Bird of Paradise” or “Lobster claws” plants, which have very colorful inflorescences. The Heliconia butterfly genus is now being called Heliconius, so that helps a little bit. Zach HTML +More From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of J. Agoston Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 7:44 PM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Dracunculus and Dracunculus Marek, Yes animals and plants can have same gereric names, like Pieris brassicae is a butterfly eating brassicas, but Pieris japonica is a plant from Ericaceae as i know. Jan 2010/9/2 Marek Argent Hello, While searching the web for documents I found something that made me scared. Besides Dracunculus vulgaris and Dracunculus canariense, which we almost all heard about, I found a document mentioning different species of Dracunculus which are... Nematodes: target="_blank">http://www.cartercenter.org/documents/2147.pdf Is it admissible for two quite different unrelated taxa to bear the same generic name? ??? Marek _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -- Protect the environment! Please think twice before printing this e-mail. || V�dj�k k�rnyezet�nket, csak sz�ks�g eset�n nyomtasd ki ezt a levelet! --_000_792F4A6158EAE44189316A2EAD8CCBB91CE283rainwdtinccom_-- --==============!84837835565694376=

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