Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum

From: Peter Boyce <phymatarum at googlemail.com> on 2011.02.06 at 02:49:02(21853) Dear Eduardo, I am sure than Dan dealt with this in his 1987 Aroideana [10(3): 15-25] paper, but I don't have it to hand at the moment since I'm in Pinang. Peter HTML +More On 3 February 2011 23:34, Eduardo Gomes Goncalves wrote: > > Dear fellows, > I have a silly (but important) question for you. As far as I know, Amophophallus is a masculine word, am I correct? > In Latin, except for the name of traditional trees (Malus, Pyrus, etc), all names ended in -us are male names. So it is correct to say that all adjective epithets in Amorphophallus species end with -us (A. gomboczianus, A. hirsutus, A lunatus, A. glaucophyllus, etc). > Why Amophophallus titanum is not A. titanus? Other species with a similar epithet (I don't remember none in plant kingdom, but I know Dorcus titanus - a beetle)... Wilbert, do you have any reason for this? > Very best wishes, > Eduardo. > > > INHOTIM > Dr. EDUARDO G. GONÇALVES > > Curador Botânico > > Jardim Botânico > > Rua B, 20 > 35460-000 | Brumadinho | MG | Brasil > +55 31 3571.6638 Ramal Fixo 107 +55 31 9604.8618 Ramal 380 > > Rua Antônio de Albuquerque, 215 | Funcionários > 30112-010 | Belo Horizonte | MG | Brasil > +55 31 3223.8224 > > Antes de imprimir, pense em sua responsabilidade com o Meio Ambiente. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > --20cf30433d106eae5e049b94289f-- --==============)87563211539560861=

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