Re: Alocasia of Thailand

**P* B* <p*@googlemail.com>**

Tony:

The x would indicate that they are stabilized hybrid species (nothospecies)
as, for example, the situation with Cryptocoryne x purpurea (a nothospecies
resulting from the stabilization of the naturally occurring hybrid C.
cordata x C. griffithii) this is not the case. Alistair and are both pretty
much convinced that A. cucullata and A. macrorrhizos are stabilied cultigens
(cultons) of A. odora. In cultivation thus they COULD be cited a A.
'Macrorrhizos' and A. 'Cucullata', but that would then lead to problems with
cultons of these. Best to leave the situation as is.

Cheers

Pete

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 05 September 2009 00:45
To: Discussion of aroids
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Alocasia of Thailand

Pete:

I was just reading over your fascinating paper on Alocasia in Thailand 
about both Alocasia cucullata and A. macrorrhizos not being valid 
species.   If this is the case and they are old cultigens, why would 
they not be properly written a Alocasia x macrorrhizos and Alocasia x 
cucullata with an appropriate cultivar name for the clone in commerce? 

Peter Boyce wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
>  
>
> For anyone interested there is attached to this a recent paper on the 
> /Alocasia/ in Thailand, including the description of a large-growing 
> species from the Thai/Cambodian border.
>
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> Peter
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