Slightly off topic, was Dioscorea help
Christiaan van Schalkwyk (Thu, 07 May 2009 03:38:49 PDT)

Dear all

Jan wrote:

This made me think of a story I once heard of a lady, walking through a
botanical garden for the first time in her life, asking one of the gardeners
what the labels on the plants meant.
He explained that the top name was the scientific name, the name below that
was the common name, while the number at the bottom was the accesion number,
and could be traced to an index card with all the data regarding the
relevant plant.
Satisfied, she walk through another section of the garden, but after a while
she returned with the following question: "Does all plants have scientific
and common names ?"
"Yes", he replied.
"Ah, but isn't nature wonderful !" she exclaimed.

I think that a correctly identified collection is a dream for most of us,
but finding nice up to date understandable and applicable info are a
challenge for many genera. And unfortunately very few plants come with nice
(and correct) labels !

Christiaan