[Aroid-l] Aroideana

From: crogers at ecoanalysts.com (D. Christopher Rogers) on 2007.09.14 at 16:13:07(16287) Hiyer, As regards the Aglaonema problem, there is no reason why an article cannot be submitted describing what is known, and then detailing all the unknowns and future research needs. Another great topic in my mind, would be to present a catalog of the Aroids in a given major collection. For example: Some one could write up a catalog in phylogenetic order (according to TAG) of all the aroid species in the living collections at the Fairchild Botanical Gardens, or maybe a university collection. The purpose of this would be alert researchers where certain plants may be found for pollen, seed, genetic, or morphological studies. Similarly, people looking to increase the genetic diversity of their collection may swap pollen, seeds or tubers. This could promote conservation efforts for certain taxa. It might help people who are trying to identify a plant they have, if they can find it in another collection and compare. I have around 30 genera and about 90 species, but I do not think my little collection is worth an article. But my local university has close to 100 genera with around 200 species. And I know there are important private collections that that are even larger, that may have important species. The same sort of catalog can be done for herbarium collections. Just my two cents worth. Christopher +More D. Christopher Rogers Invertebrate Ecologist/Taxonomist ((,///////////=====< EcoAnalysts, Inc. (530) 406-1178 707 Dead Cat Alley Suite 201 Woodland, CA 95695 USA ? Invertebrate Taxonomy ? Invertebrate Ecological Studies ? Bioassessment and Study Design ? Endangered Invertebrate Species ? Invasive Invertebrate Species ? Periphyton/ Phytoplankton ? Zooplankton Moscow, ID ? Bozeman, MT ? Woodland, CA ? Joplin, MO ? Selinsgrove, PA www.ecoanalysts.com -----Original Message----- From: aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com]On Behalf Of criswick Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 3:09 AM To: 'Discussion of aroids' Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Aroideana It certainly is an interesting subject, and the illustrations would be colourful, but a lot of research would be needed! John. _____ From: aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Derek Burch Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 7:58 PM To: 'Discussion of aroids' Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Aroideana Do I sense an article in the works ? Derek -----Original Message----- From: aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of criswick Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:50 PM To: 'Discussion of aroids' Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Aroideana Dear Derek, Actually those colourful Aglaonema hybrids from Thailand, etc., are a lot easier to grow now than the first ones that came out. The A. rotundum genes made them a problem to grow but this has been bred out to a great extent, without losing the red, in fact at some breeders? places near Bangkok I saw solid red leaves ! I bought a cv. called Valentine with a lot of red which was bred by Dr. Mehta in Thailand and I just keep splitting it up and multiplying it with no more care than I would give to any other aglaonema.. Aroiders may not go for them but I think the general public will in that it?s almost impossible to get anything any other colour than green, silver, etc., in a house plant. Now with these Aglaonema hybrids, it is possible. But we will see how it works out in the long run. John. _____ From: aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Derek Burch Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 7:55 AM To: 'Discussion of aroids' Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Aroideana Hi Russ, As always your editor welcomes suggestions for the makeup of Aroideana, which we all recognize to be one of the few tangible benefits of membership (not to downplay the enormous satisfaction from the ?intangibles? that boost interest in the family), but he journal can only include the material submitted to it and endorsed by the reviewers. I am very pleased by what is coming in, but recognize that there may be many members who would like other topics to be included.

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