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About references for Asarum and its kin:

1. There is, or was, a Japanese book about Asarum s.l. offered on Barry's
Asiatica website. Periodically I attempt to order it but get no response
(though I have had replies about other things).  Is the book still availa=ble
and if so will you ship it to Canada, Barry?

2. What about the papers by Lawrence Kelly, formerly of Cornell Universit=y
and now of the New York Botanical Garden? He has been working on the
treatment of Asarum/Hexastylis for the Flora of North America, I believe.=I
am no botanist but based on his several published papers he appears to be
familiar not only with the physical traits, large and small, of the vario=us
possible taxa but also with the problems and traps of cladistics. Comment=s,
anyone?

Paige Woodward
paige at hillkeep.ca
www.hillkeep.ca



----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Yinger" <asiatica at NNI.COM>
To: <ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: gnat pollinators was: What is the name of this plant?


Dear Jim,

There really isn't anything.  Unfortunately, with my manuscript, field
notes, slides, and library gone, I don't know if I have the energy to
start over on the project.  But it should be done, and I don't know
anyone else to do it.

Barry

On Apr 2, 2004, at 3:47 PM, Jim McClements, Dover, DE z6 wrote:

>
>  In a message dated 4/1/04 6:10:14 PM, asiatica at NNI.COM writes:
>
>
>
> Various species are more or less discriminating about their
>  pollinator(s). The plants in subgenera Asarum and Asiasarum are
>  generally less discriminating, and those in subgenera Heterotropa
>  (Japan and China) and Hexastylis (America and maybe China) are more
>  specific. Chinese and Japanese species in subgenus Heterotropa rarely
>  spontaneously set seed in cultivation.
>
>
>
>
>  Barry
>
>  Is there anything approaching a comprehensive key/description/book on
> the whole Asarum genus? I know that you were working on the idea a few
> years ago.
>
>  If nothing in one place, what would you recommend as a group of
> resources, particularly the Chinese species that Chen Yi sells and the
> NA species?
>
>  Jim
>
>
>
>  Jim
>
>
>
>  Jim McClements
>  50 S. Prestwick Ct, Dover, Delaware, 19904, USA, Zone 7a