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Guess what this is 16: NOW SOLVED

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John

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Re: Guess what this is 16
« Reply #15 on: November 01, 2011, 12:09:03 PM »
No they don't.
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Re: Guess what this is 16
« Reply #16 on: November 01, 2011, 12:41:07 PM »
I wonder what you mean by closely related, if they are not even within the same order as Tropaeolum.
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Re: Guess what this is 16
« Reply #17 on: November 01, 2011, 02:51:36 PM »
Well they are not under the Brassicales but if I tell you what they are it defeats the purpose of the quiz! So carry on guessing!
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Re: Guess what this is 16
« Reply #18 on: December 30, 2011, 01:01:46 AM »
A family closely related to Tropaeolums.
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Re: Guess what this is 16
« Reply #19 on: December 30, 2011, 12:32:22 PM »
I still have no idea, if it is not Tropaeolum sp. but closely related, there are only two other genera within the family Tropaeolaceae, they are Magallana and Tropaeastrum, both of them are unknown to me.
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Re: Guess what this is 16
« Reply #20 on: December 31, 2011, 11:35:18 AM »
Sorry Jorun but I meant a closely related family to Tropaeolaceae. Not actually Tropaeolaceae.
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Alisdair

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Re: Guess what this is 16
« Reply #21 on: December 31, 2011, 12:58:14 PM »
Baby yams (Dioscorea sp.)?
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Re: Guess what this is 16
« Reply #22 on: December 31, 2011, 03:00:33 PM »
I think Alisdair that they are monocots? So nope.
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Re: Guess what this is 16
« Reply #23 on: December 31, 2011, 07:14:11 PM »
Yes yams are monocots, so I'd better stick to your near-relation hint: one of the tuberous euphorbias?
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Re: Guess what this is 16
« Reply #24 on: December 31, 2011, 08:24:58 PM »
No, sorry!
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Re: Guess what this is 16
« Reply #25 on: December 31, 2011, 08:49:23 PM »
Geranium tuberosum?
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Re: Guess what this is 16
« Reply #26 on: January 01, 2012, 11:11:38 AM »
Almost well done but the species is wrong (though I would have to say that's being very picky) Yes it's a Geranium but there is also a cultivar involved though I won't ask you to come up with that!
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Re: Guess what this is 16
« Reply #27 on: January 01, 2012, 11:52:44 AM »
Geranium pusillum (syn. malvifolium) Sweetheart? Or am I getting colder again....
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Re: Guess what this is 16
« Reply #28 on: January 01, 2012, 12:00:52 PM »
Colder but in the right area. Of course I can see others pointing out synonyms again. Though I'm sure I have the right species!
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Re: Guess what this is 16
« Reply #29 on: January 06, 2012, 10:12:51 AM »
As you are virtually there and may have a synonym here's a picture of the flowers.
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