Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus konjac or rivieri?

From: Susan B <honeybunny442 at yahoo.com> on 2010.02.12 at 03:58:15 Ken, that's what I thought, but I seem to see it in use more and more often! Including Dave's Garden Plantfiles... I wanted to send them a note correcting them on the name (I've also seen it Am. rivieri var konjac) but wanted to check here first. I guess it's a bit of a pet peeve of mine! susan --- On Wed, 2/10/10, Ken Mosher <ken@spatulacity.com> wrote: From: Ken Mosher <ken@spatulacity.com> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus konjac or rivieri? To: "Discussion of aroids" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com> Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 7:53 PM rivieri is an old name. -Ken Susan B wrote: > I see many people refer to konjac as rivieri. > > What is the story behind that?  Is rivieri an old name, or what? > > Just curious.... > Susan > > _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l =0A=0A --0-637617989-1265947095=:8134----===============7102658499532609314==

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