Chen Yi numbering system

[McAlpine, Duncan G]

Kaichen site is no longer in service, but I still have there 1998 plant list on
http://www.backyardgardener.com/kaichen.html

The 1999 list is on
http://www.plantideas.com/kaichen.html

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> From:         George R Stilwell, Jr.[SMTP:grsjr at JUNO.COM]
> Reply To:     Arisaema Enthusiast Group (AEG) Discussion List (and other hardy              Aroids)
> Sent:         Wednesday, September 22, 1999 6:51 AM
> To:   ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL
> Subject:      Chen Yi numbering system
>
> I think for any numbering system to be workable, we'll all need to know
> what numbers
> were offered for what names in each year. My experience is largely for
> the 1998 list
> which I've lost. So I have no idea what the numbers are for most of the
> Arisaema offered.
>
> I bought plants labeled:
>
>  A. bathycoleum
>  A. biauriculatum
>  A. brevipes
>  A. dilatatum
>  A. du-bois-reymondiae == A. engleri (A-24)
>  A. elephas
>  A. fargesii
>  A. franchetianum
>  A. lingyunense
>  A. lobatum
>  A. rhizomatum
>  A. rhombiforme == Typhonium horsfieldii
>  A. saxitile
>  A. sikokianum
>  A. sikokianum f. serratum **
>  A. wilsonii
>  A. zanlanscianense == A. consanguineum
>  A. sp.1 == A. bathycoleum
>  A. sp.9
>
> three of which were IDed. I haven't worried about the rest because they
> promptly died.
> But I have no idea what the Chen Yi numbers were on most of them.
> The ** item is not a legitimate Arisaema forma, assuming the species name
> might be correct.
>
> Then there are these:
>
>  A-26 == A. amurense
>  A-27 == A. amurense
>  A-25 == A. angustatum v. peninsulae
>
> for which I know the proper ID but not the name that Chen Yi called them.
> I'm not even
> sure which year (list) they're from.
>
> What we need is a complete list with list year, numbers, and Chen Yi name
> ( the one I lost)
> and than I'll go through the archives to attach the ID for those which
> have been identified.
>
> How about some help here? If y'all know some of the proper IDs, please
> include them too.
>
> I note that Eric's list does not include numbers or list date, if y'all
> can help us here
> maybe Eric will update the list for us.
>
> Ray
> <GRSJr at Juno.com>
>
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