Re[2]: Paullina sp.? (help?)
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- Subject: Re[2]: Paullina sp.? (help?)
- From: D* L*
- Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 11:01 -0800
Interesting parallel Charles. I suspect it is another example of the Gondwana
theory at work again... But why only one sp
of each in Western Africa and not more???
Deborah Lindsay
Oakland, California
mild wet winters, mild dry summers
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Subject: Re: Paullina sp.? (help?)
Author: cdills@fix.net
Date: 12/1/99 5:00 PM
>Quoting from an old book: "The Treasury of Botany" 1876 [abridged]
>With the exception of 1 West African sp, the whole of this large genus
>
>of Sapindaceae, about 80 species, comes from the tropical regions of
>the Western hemisphere.. Nearly all are climbing shrubs with tendrils,
>divided compound leaves and racemes of white flowers with two opposite
>tendrils below them
>
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What's going on here?
I collect bromeliads. There are around 3000 known species.
ALL BUT ONE OF THEM IS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. THE LONE EXCEPTION
OCCURS IN WEST AFRICA.
---Chas---
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<excerpt>Quoting from an old book: "The Treasury of Botany" 1876
[abridged]
</excerpt>
<underline>
<excerpt>With the exception of 1 West African sp, the whole of this
large genus
</excerpt></underline><excerpt>
</excerpt>
<excerpt>of Sapindaceae, about 80 species, comes from the tropical
regions of
the Western hemisphere.. Nearly all are climbing shrubs with
tendrils,
divided compound leaves and racemes of white flowers with two opposite
tendrils below them
</excerpt>+++++-------------
What's going on here?
I collect bromeliads. There are around 3000 known species. ALL BUT ONE
OF THEM IS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. THE LONE EXCEPTION OCCURS IN WEST
AFRICA.
---Chas---
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It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.
------------------------------------------------------------------
Charles E. Dills 1371 Avalon San Luis Obispo CA 93405
[Mac] cdills@fix.net 805-544-1731
cdills@fix.net http://www.fix.net/~cdills/ No size limit.
I now have a domain name www.charlies-web.com
Eudora 1.5.4 Netscape Navigator 3.0 Pagemaker 6.5
Photoshop 5.0 Microsoft Word (Mac) 6.01 System 7.6.1
Climate, Calif-med 30-80 deg 20 inches rain in winter!
I can be forgetful. If I fail to do something I promised, tell me!
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