Aroid Forum: RE: Unknown aroid

IAS Aroid Quasi Forum

About Aroid-L
This is a continuously updated archive of the Aroid-L mailing list in a forum format - not an actual Forum. If you want to post, you will still need to register for the Aroid-L mailing list and send your postings by e-mail for moderation in the normal way.

RE: Unknown aroid

From: ju-bo at msn.com (Julius Boos) on 1997.04.21 at 22:02:55(657)
>Aroiders:
>Dick Mansell has posted three pictures of an unknown aroid on the Aroid
>Identification Center page for me. Would you please take a look at 126,
>126a, and 126b. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>Paul M. Resslar
+More
>Professor of Biology
>Virginia Wesleyan College
>1584 Wesleyan Drive
>Norfolk, Virginia 23502-5599
Dear Paul,
Your plant is Xanthosoma pubescens, it is common in E.Ecuador. Some people
call it "Caladium" pubescens, and the two genera are close, Xanthosoma having
the pollen in tetrads while Caladium has single round pollen grains. Check
the pollen under a microscope to be certain.
Reguards,
Julius. ju-bo@msn.com

Note: this is a very old post, so no reply function is available.