China Li Heng and Dao Zhi-Ling 16: 240-243. Published on 26 July 2006. Li & Dao Volume 16, Number 2 Li & Dao 243 2006 Amorphophallus xiei Acknowledgments. We thank the reviewers for (U.S.A.) grant DKB-0103795, and the Kunming providing useful remarks and suggestions. Wilbert Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Hetterscheid (Netherlands) is also thanked for his We also thank Wu Xi-Lin (KIB) for preparing the comments on the manuscript. We are grateful for the illustration. assistance and cooperation of Li Rong, Gao Fu, and Jiang i Institute (KIB) in the field, Yin Xin-Xiang of the Lo County Agriculture Department for discussion the red konjac, and Ji Yun-Heng (KIB) for his V preparing this manuscript. The present stud sponsored by the National Science Foun