Re: Acorus tatorinowii continued

From: "Dr. Guanghua Zhu" <gzhu at LEHMANN.mobot.org> on 1997.11.05 at 03:49:07(1578) Okay, here is the deal. Hope that I can help a little bit on the subject. I am co-authoring the genus Acorus with Prof. Li Heng for the English Flora of China. So far, I have seen quite a few specimens of the genus. Prof. Li recorgnizes four species in China: A. calamus var. calamus var. verus A. tatarinowii A. rumphianus A. gramineus Acorus tatarinowii stands out well from A. gramineus in the herbarium. Of course, whenever I have an inflorescence. I do have problems to tell A. tatarinowii from A. rumphianus. But I need to convince Prof. Li that they should be the same. Cheers, Guanghua +More > Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 00:38:20 -0500 > Reply-to: aroid-l@mobot.org > From: "James W. Waddick" > To: zhu > Subject: Re: Acorus tatorinowii continued > Dear Aroid-L; > Did a quick check through my Chinese books and find that The > "Iconographia ..." (a sort of reader's digest condensed Flora of China) > calls A. tatorinowii a synonym of A. gramineus. > A Dictionary of Chinese Flora list Acorus with four species, but > only discusses the 2 in China (gramineus and calamus). > > A look at inventories shows A. tatorinowii in the collections of > the Hangzhou and Nanjing Botanical Gardens. With MBG's close ties to > Nanjing , Tom C. could snap up a plant in moments, I'd bet. > > The truth is out there. > > Jim W. > > > James W. Waddick Voice: 816 746 1949 > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd E-MAIL: jim-jim@swbell.net > Kansas City MO 64152 Fax: 816 746 1939 > Zone 5/6 - > Winter low -10°F > Summer high +100°F > > Guanghua Zhu Missouri Botanical Garden P. O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA Phone: (314)577-9454 Fax: (314)577-9438

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