Re: Syngonium

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Thank you very much, Eduardo!

It is quite a weed here in the Philippines. It can cover a wall in no time. I appreciate your shedding light on this long-standing misidentification. 👍

George Yao
Metro-Manila
Philippines

On Sep 14, 2018, at 9:02 PM, Eduardo Gonçalves <e*@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear George, 

Like all material people say is S. podophyllum, you are a proud owner of a S. angustatum. Congratulations!!!

Cheers, 

Eduardo. 

On 14 Sep 2018, at 04:27, George Yao <g*@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Eduardo,

What is this that I thought was S. podophyllum?

George Yao
Metro-Manila
Philippines

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On Sep 13, 2018, at 7:21 AM, Eduardo Gonçalves <e*@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Pete, 

To me, those on your picture are quite retuse. I don’t have pictures of synandria in S. podophyllum, but I am attaching a exert of Schott’s S. vellozianum, which is quite similar to S. podophyllum except for the red-yellow fruit issue. The furrows between individual stamens are almost indetectable in S. podophyllum. 

If you google S. podophyllum, all you see is S. angustatum!!!  In fact, I have cultivated S. angustatum, S. erythrophyllum, S. auritum, S. chiapense, S. crassifolium and S. yurimaguense, but only saw S. podophyllum twice, once  in Mexico and once in Costa Rica. They can be common locally, but I doubt someone have the real S. podophyllum in cultivation. 

Very best wishes, 

Eduardo. 

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On 12 Sep 2018, at 08:41, The Silent Seed <t*@gmail.com> wrote:

Good morning Tom,

Thank you very much! I hope your travels are happy, fun, and safe.

Jude

On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 1:08 AM, Peter Boyce <p*@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Eduardo

So are these (see attached)  flat or retuse?

On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 at 22:26, Eduardo Gonçalves <e*@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear aroiders, 

As far as I have observed, the Syngonium which is broadly cultivated is Syngonium angustatum, not S. podophyllum. The main easy-to-observe difference is on male flowers, which are retuse (shallowly lobate, like a molar teeth) on apex on S. angustatum and truncate (blunt) on S. podophyllum. I took this in Tom’s revision of the genus (1981). All naturalized Syngonium I have seen in Brazil and around Miami are S. angustatum. Pictures I have seen from Southeastern Asia are S. angustatum as well. 

Syngonium auritum has subcoriaceus and pretty shiny leaves and is a lazy climber, seeming to prefer to be lurking around on topsoil. Material I have seen of S. podophyllum - only in Chiapas-Mexico and around San Jose in Costa Rica -  climber like crazy and have softer leaves. 

By the way, I have checked my S. auritum in my backyard and they have exactly the same aspect as that on Peter’s picture. 

Very best wishes, 

Eduardo. 

On 11 Sep 2018, at 02:50, Peter Boyce <p*@gmail.com> wrote:

here in cultivation auritum has leathery glossy leaf blades while podophyllum has thin matte leaf blades.

This is auritum (not my image)

On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 at 09:27, Jason Hernandez <j*@yahoo.com> wrote:

As long as we are on the subject of Syngonium, is there a reliable way to distiguish in the field between S. podophyllum and S. auritum? It matters because in the Dominican Republic, S. auritum is native, S. podophyllum is naturalized.

Jason Hernandez

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