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Re: Cacalia plantaginea YES PLEASE !

> Is this genus still in tack then or has it been broken up?
> My references list 40 or so species with some being shrubs or even small
> trees.
> Native to south and North America and eastern Asia.

Gleason and Cronquist's Manual of vascular plants of northeastern 
United States and adjacent Canada (1991 edition) says the genus 
Cacalia contains 50 North American and one Asian species, all 
perennial herbs, a slightly different count than your source lists, 
but such differences are common among "experts". I asked around and 
can't find anyone who knows if that taxon is intact, but smaller, or 
completely superceded by Arnoglossum. However, the aforementioned 
authors do not accept the name change, so at least by their 
reckoning, Cacalia is intact. (The editor -- hopeless nitpicker that 
he is -- inquires, isn't "in tack" a sailing term?)
James C. Trager
Shaw Arboretum
P.O. Box 38
Gray Summit MO 63039
PH# 314-451-3512
FAX 314-451-5583
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