Comments on: Formerly Known as Eupatorium

By: Berry Go Round #1 « Seeds Aside

Berry Go Round #1 « Seeds Aside — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:10:27 +0000

[...] Savanna , you’ll enjoy two different and exotic topics. First, about a Eupatorium and the joys of getting botany right (picture next right courtesy of A Neotropical Savanna). For sure, 21st and 20ieth cent. botanists [...]

By: Andee

Andee — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:48:05 +0000

Hi Mary,

did you see the note about a Bloggers in latin American get together on isla Mujeres, near Cancun. In april, for a weekend?

It’s being organized by Wayne of Isla Guy and the person who writes Canuck in Cancun?

got to go. Andee

By: miconia

miconia — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:33:12 +0000

Hi seedsaside,

With respect to your first comment – I agree with you that the current studies in plant systematics are making the plant world easier to understand. I was confused at first by all the different systems, but now I find it all falling into place.

As far as Berry Go Round…wow! Thanks for the invitation. Very kind of you to suggest this post. You’re welcome to use it, or to use the more recent “Living Fences” entry.

miconia

By: seedsaside

seedsaside — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:40:51 +0000

Please consider submitting this post to Berry Go Round… Thanks!

http://berrygoround.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/announcement-for-berry-go-round-1/

By: olmedo

olmedo — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:45:46 +0000

hi mary,

i came back to check your blog and i found this latest a great detective story.

a “botanical mystery plot”!!!!!

i tuly enjoy your wrinting style.

probably, you should translate it and publish it in a local paper probably youll make more panamanians interest in our spactacular nature.

thanks an merry chistmass ,

olmedo

By: miconia

miconia — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:32:27 +0000

Thanks for your insight, Ian. Of course, you’re right about the bird droppings! I remember now reading that the seeds are wind-dispersed.

The nance is Byrsonima crassifolia, family Malpighiaceae. The picture at the beginning of this post doesn’t give you the sense of its leaves very well. More details, with images of the flowers as well, here:

http://ntsavanna.wordpress.com/2007/03/11/nance-in-bloom/

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:53:37 +0000

Nice post. Is your nance tree a Cordia, maybe C. collococca? Your "Eupatorium" probably didn't get there from bird droppings though... composites don't have fleshy fruit. It may well have come off a bird, but probably not out of a bird.

By: seedsaside

seedsaside — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:51:04 +0000

Hum… The ancient (or for that matter, even recent) botanical works are not completely made up yet!

What’s made up is usually only the thinking about relationships between plant species. But that’s also because earlier interpretations were sometimes based on too few characteristics. And besides, it also happens that older interpretations hold up very well the modern use of DNA information in plant systematics.

It may make things more difficult to apprehend, but it’s actually enriching our vision of plant evolution…

By: michaelsteve

michaelsteve — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:47:41 +0000

Hi Mary and welcome back! This was a fun read so please make more mistakes :>)

Steve

By: Carla

Carla — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:39:27 +0000

Mary,

I, too, thought I had Asteraceae flower characters pegged in my mind, but I would never have recognized these as family of daisies.

I don´t recognize this plant as one I´ve seen on my farm or around Volcan; I´ll have to pay more attention.

It´s great to have you back writing about your savanna!