Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 19:38:33 +0930 From: kris kopicki <krisk@camtech.net.au> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2162$foo@default> Subject: Pygmies
Hi,
Does anybody know which journals I could find descriptions of the later
additions to the pygmies, like D. lasiantha, D. sargentii, D. silvacola,
nivea and greivei. Also, on the database on the ICPS homepage, many
pygmy species have had name changes. Like D. roseanna becomes D.
paleacea ssp. roseanna, and enodes becomes D. dichrosepela ssp.
enodes. Are these actually official changes? If they are I must say I
do not agree with them. D. enodes is nothing like D. dichrosepela.
Appart from having two distinctively different leaf shapes, D.
dichrosepela grows long stems like D. scorpioides, not quite as big of
course. Also the gemmae shape of the two is very different, D.
dichrosepela is very rounded, while D. enodes is rather long and narrow.
Pretty much the only thing two share in common is the fact that they
grow in the same region and have small white flowers. As for D.
roseanna, the plant is much more closely related to D. dichrosepela than
D. paleacea. To start with D. paleacea's forms a flat rosette whereas
D. roseanna has erect leaves. Also gemmae is different in shape, and
the flowers ard stalks are vastly different. Does anybody know anything
about this?
kris
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