Pinellia cordata

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Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:27:55 PST
On 31 Oct 06, at 21:04, John Grimshaw wrote:

> The species is normally supposed to have dull, less-well marked
> leaves (presumably this is what Diane Whitehead received from
> China), so I don't think that Rodger's view that:

> > "Don Jacob's Form" = the usual form, the type

> is correct. As usual we are straying into muddy waters to assert
> that any one variant is the 'type', but if duller leaves are the
> norm then "Don Jacobs' Form" is at least distinct from them, if not
> from 'Yamazaki'. 

The form I got from Diane lo, those many years ago, isn't just "dull, 
less well-marked". It's totally unmarked, with small leaves that I 
would describe as apple-green. Well, maybe not quite as bright a 
green as that implies, but definitely a light green.

I plead guilty to misusing the word "type" when I should have written 
"normal", "typical", "usual", "everyday", or perhaps "normative", 
forgetting in my haste that in the world of plants, "type" has a very 
specific meaning and it sure isn't a synonym for the typical form.

Is this discussion progressing toward a state of total enlightenment 
on the part of all those concerned with tiny aroids, or are we 
spinning our wheels over nomenclatural nits?


-- 
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate

on beautiful Vancouver Island


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