Re: Arum colchicum?

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• To: lindsey
• Subject: Re: Arum colchicum?
• From: "* B* <P*@lion.rbgkew.org.uk>
• Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 08:37:56 -0600

Dear Ellen

Spotted your email regarding Arum colchicum. This name does not 
appear in the Arum book because it doesn't exist! From the locality I 
would guess that it will be one of three species: A. orientale, A. 
maculatum or A. italicum. In NE Turkey there are populations of a 
very small Arum that seems close to either A. maculatum or A. 
italicum ssp. amoenum with definite leanings towards the latter and I 
would guess from the desciption that Arum colchicum is part of this 
group.

Biarum does not occur in Russia. The furthest north Biarum reaches is 
Corfu/Albania. Another possibility might have been one of the 
northerly Emnium species (e.g. E. koenenianum) but, if it was, then 
it would be a new record for the genus in Russia.

Pete

Peter Boyce
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 3AE
U.K.

p.boyce@lion.rbgkew.org.uk

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