From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [27 June 1878]
Colocasia antiquorum, Schott = Caladium esculentum, Hort.1
CD annotations
Foot of postcard: ‘Experiments with water were also tried’2 pencil
Footnotes
CD had asked Thiselton-Dyer to identify this plant in his letter of 25 June [1878]. Colocasia antiquorum is an invalid synonym, and Caladium esculentum is a synonym, of Colocasia esculenta (coco yam or wild taro).
CD describes experiments on the sleep of Caladium esculentum in Movement of plants, pp. 390–1; CD’s notes on his experiments with water are in DAR 66: 125 and 127.
Summary
Name of plant: Colocasia antiquorum, Schott. = Caladium esculentum, Hort. Vent.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11571
- From
- William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Postmark
- JU 27JU 28 78
- Source of text
- DAR 209.14: 188
- Physical description
- pc †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11571,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11571.xml
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