Artificial hybrids between species of Lagenandra (Araceae)

 

Jan D. Bastmeijer & Niels Jacobsen

 

ABSTRACT

The Lagenandra of southern India and Sri Lanka are generally well known in cultivation with 16 species presently recognized. The identification of the different species has to some degree been straightforward, but in some cases, it has proven somewhat difficult seemingly due to intraspecific variation. We performed experiments showing that artificial hybrids are easily obtained. Our results suggest that some of this ambiguity may be to hybridization.

 

KEYWORDS

Araceae, artificial hybridization, Lagenandra, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh