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Re: Cultivars of Alocasia x amazonica (fwd)

From: Don Burns <burns at mobot.mobot.org> on 1998.10.22 at 14:45:16(2715)
Sender: alistair_hay_at_po-sydney@rbgsyd.gov.au (Alistair Hay)
Subject: Re: Cultivars of Alocasia x amazonica
Some are listed in Burnett Aroideana 7.
Re Julius' comment, Alocasia x amazonica is generally attributed to
the French horticulturalist Andre and is probably a late 19th Century
thing. However, I have not yet been able to find any original
publication of the name.
Alistair

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