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The Iodine Reaction of Various Starches

Based on a scale running from 0 (no coloration or very light) to 4 (very dark).

Aconitum Napellus 4
Actaea alba 4
Actaea spicata var. rubra 4
Adonis amurensis 3
Aesculus Hippocastanum 3
Alstroemeria aurantiaca (aurea) 4
Alstroemeria brasiliensis 4
Alstroemeria ligtu 4
Amaryllis belladonna major 3
Andropogon Sorghum var. (Shallu) 3
Andropogon Sorghum var. (W. K. Corn) 3
Andropogon Sorghum var. (Y. I. Sorgh.) 3
Anemone apennina 4
Anemone blanda 4
Anemone fulgens 4
Anemone japonica 4
Antholyza crocosmoides 1
Antholyza paniculata 1
Arachis hypogaea 3
Arisaema triphyllum 3
Arrhenatherum elatius var. 1
Arum cornutum 4
Arum italicum 3
Arum palaestinum 3
Avena sativa var. (Clydesdale) 1
Babiana var. (Athraction) 1
Babiana var. (violacea) 1
Batatas edulis 4
Brodiaea californica 3
Brodiaea candida 3
Brodiaea capitata 4
Brodiaea coccinea 4
Brodiaea congesta 3
Brodiaea grandiflora 4
Brodiaea ixioides var. splendens 3
Brodiaea lactea 4
Brodiaea laxa 4
Brodiaea peduncularis 3
Brodiaea Purdyi 4
Brodiaea stellaris 3
Calathea Lietzei 3
Calathea Vandenheckei 2
Calathea vittata 2
Calathea Wiotiana 3
Calochortus albus 4
Calochortus Benthami 4
Calochortus Howellii 4
Calochortus Leichtlinii 4
Calochortus lilacinus 4
Calochortus luteus var. oculatus 4
Calochortus Maweanus var. major 4
Calochortus nitidus 4
Calochortus splendens 4
Canna edulis 4
Canna musaefolia 3
Canna Roscoeana 4
Canna var. (J. D. Eisele) 3
Canna var. (Jean Tissot) 3
Canna var. (Konigin Charlotte) 3
Canna var. (L. E. Baily) 3
Canna var. (Mrs. Kate Grey) 4
Canna var. (President Carnot) 3
Canna Warscewiezii 3
Castanea americana 3
Castanea pumila 3
Castanea sativa var. 3
Castanea sativa var. numbo 3
Chionodoxa Lucillae 3
Chionodoxa sardensis 3
Chionodoxa Tmolusi 3
Cimicifuga racemosa 3
Cochlearia Armoracia 4
Colchicum Parkinsoni 2
Convallaria majalis 3
Crinum americanum 4
Crinum fimbriatulum 3
Crocus Susianus (Cloth of Gold) 3
Crocus var. (Baron von Brunow) 3
Crocus versicolor (Cloth of Silver) 3
Curcuma longa 1
Curcuma petiolata 2
Cycas circinalis 3
Cycas revoluta 3
Cyclamen cou 4
Cyclamen repandum 3
Cypella Herberti 3
Dieffenbachia illustris (cortex) 3
Dieffenbachia illustris (pith) 4
Dieffenbachia seg. var. irror. (cort.) 3
Dieffenbachia seg. var. irror. (pith) 3
Dieffenbachia seg. var. mac. (cort.) 4
Dieffenbachia seg. var. mac. (pith 4
Dieffenbachia seg. var. nob. (cort.) 3
Dieffenbachia seg. var. nob. (pith) 3
Dioon edule 3
Dolichos Lablab 2
Dracunculus vulgaris 4
Eranthis hyemalis 3
Erythronium americanum 3
Erythronium californicum 3
Erythronium citrinum 3
Erythronium Dens-canis 3
Erythronium Dens-canis var. grand. 3
Erythronium grandiflorum 3
Freesia refracta var. alba 3
Freesia refracta var. Leichtlinii 4
Fritillaria armena 2
Fritillaria aurea 3
Fritillaria liliacea 3
Fritillaria meleagris 3
Fritillaria pudica 3
Fritillaria pyrenaica 3
Fritillaria recurva 3
Galanthus Elwesii 4
Galanthus nivalis 3
Galtonia candicans 3
Gelasine azurea 3
Gesneria tubiflora 4
Gladiolus byzantinus 3
Gladiolus cardinalis (Blushing Bride) 3
Gladiolus floribundus 3
Gladiolus primulinus 3
Gloxinia var. 3
Haemanthus Katherinae 3
Hedychium coronarium 2
Hedychium Gardnerianum 2
Hippeastrum aulicum var. robustum 4
Hippeastrum equestre 4
Hippeastrum vittatum 4
Homeria collina 3
Hordeum sativum var. (Champion) 1
Hyacinthus orient. var. (Italian) 3
Hyacinthus orient. var. alba superb. 3
Hyacinthus orient. var. albulus (white) 3
Hymenocallis calathina 4
Hymenocallis undulata 3
Iris alata 3
Iris Bismarckidana 3
Iris caucasica 3
Iris florentina 3
Iris Histrio 3
Iris iberica 3
Iris pallida speciosa 3
Iris pumila var. cyanea 3
Iris reticulata 3
Iris tingitana 3
Iris xiphium var. Grand Tresorier 3
Iris xiphium var. lusitanica 3
Iris xiphium var. Wilhelmine 3
Ixia speciosa 3
Ixia var. (Emma) 3
Ixia viridiflora 3
Jatropha Cureas 3
Lachenalia pendula 3
Lachenalia tricolor var. luteola 3
Lathyrus latifolius var. albus 3
Lathyrus magellanicus var. albus 2
Lathyrus odoratus var. Shahzada 2
Lathyrus sylvestris 3
Lens esculenta 3
Leucojum aestivum 4
Leucojum vernum 3
Lilium auratum 3
Lilium candidum 3
Lilium Henryi 3
Lilium longiflorum var. eximium 3
Lilium longiflorum var. giganteum 3
Lilium martagon 3
Lilium pardalinum 3
Lilium Parryi 3
Lilium philadelphicum 3
Lilium puberulum 3
Lilium rubellum 3
Lilium speciosum var. album 4
Lilium superbum 4
Lilium tenuifolium 3
Lilium tigrinum var. splendens 4
Manihot utilissima 1
Maranta arundinacea 3
Maranta arundinacea var. No. 1 3
Maranta arundinacea var. No. 2 3
Maranta leuconeura 3
Maranta Massangeana 3
Maranta musaica 3
Moraea tristis 3
Mucuna pruriens 3
Musa Cavendishii (green fruit) 4
Musa Cavendishii 3
Musa ensete 4
Musa sapientum 4
Muscari botryoides 3
Muscari commutatum 3
Muscari comosum 3
Muscari compactum 3
Muscari conicum 3
Muscari micranthum 3
Muscari paradoxum 3
Muscari racemosum 3
Narcissus biflorus 4
Narcissus Bulbo var. conspicuus 4
Narcissus bulbo var. monophyllus 3
Narcissus Bulbocodium 4
Narcissus Horsfieldii 3
Narcissus incomparabilis 3
Narcissus Jonquilla 3
Narcissus Jonquilla var. Campernelli rug. 4
Narcissus Jonquilla var. rugulosus 4
Narcissus maximus 4
Narcissus odorus 4
Narcissus poeticus 4
Narcissus tazetta var. orientalis 3
Nelumbo lutea 3
Nelumbo nucifera 3
Nymphaea alba 2
Nymphaea Gladstoniana 1
Nymphaea marliacea var. albida 2
Nymphaea marliacea var. carnea 2
Nymphaea odorata 2
Nymphaea odorata var. rosea 2
Ornithogalum narbonense pyrimadale 3
Ornithogalum nutans 3
Ornithogalum thyrsoides var. aureum 3
Ornithogalum umbellatum 3
Oryza sativa var. 1
Panicum Crus-galli var. 1
Phaseolus limatus var. (H.'s B. Lima) 3
Phaseolus vulgaris var. (Red K. Bean) 3
Pisum sativum var. (Elec. E. Early) 2
Pisum sativum var. (Eugenie green) 2
Pisum sativum var. (Eugenie yellow) 2
Pisum sativum var. (L. W. Marrow-fat) 3
Pisum sativum var. (Mam. G. Seeded) 3
Pisum sativum var. (Thos. Laxton) 1
Polygonum Fagopyrum var. (American) 1
Polygonum Fagopyrum var. (Japanese) 1
Pritillaria imperialis var. Auro 3
Puschkinia scil. var. libanotica 4
Puschkinia scilloides 3
Quercus alba 2
Quercus Muhlenbergii 2
Quercus Prinus 2
Quercus rubra 2
Quercus texana 2
Ranunculus bulbosus 3
Ranunculus Ficaria 4
Richardia africana 3
Richardia albo-maculata 4
Richardia Elliotiana 3
Romulea rosea var. speciosa 1
Scilla bifolia 3
Scilla peruviana 3
Scilla sibirica 3
Secale cereale var. (Mammot Winter) 3
Secale cereale var. (Spring) 3
Solanum tuberosum 4
Sparaxis grandiflora alba 3
Sparaxis var. (Albertine) 3
Sprekelia formosissima 3
Sternbergia lutea 3
Stromanthe sanguinea 1
Tacca pinnatifida 3
Tigridia Pavonia var. conchiflora 3
Tigridia Pavonia var. grand. alba 3
Trianosperma ficifolia 4
Trillium grandiflorum 3
Trillium ovatum 4
Trillium sessile var. californicum 3
Triteleia uniflora 3
Triticum sativum var. dicoccum 3
Triticum sativum var. vulgare 2
Tritonia crocata 2
Tritonia crocata var. lilacina 3
Tritonia crocata var. rosea 3
Tritonia crocosmaeflora 2
Tritonia Pottsii 1
Tritonia securigera 2
Tulipa australis 3
Tulipa Billietiana 3
Tulipa Clusiana 3
Tulipa Clusiana var. persica 4
Tulipa Didieri 3
Tulipa Didieri var. Fransoniana 3
Tulipa Greigi 4
Tulipa Hageri 3
Tulipa oculus-solis 3
Tulipa sylvestris 4
Tulips praecox 3
Tullpa Didieri var. mauriana 3
Vallota purpurea 2
Vicia Faba 3
Vicia fulgens 3
Vicia Gerardi 3
Vicia sativa 3
Vicia villosa 3
Watsonia humilis 1
Watsonia iridifolia var. O'Brieni 2
Watsonia Meriana 1
Wistaria chinensis 3
Zamia integrifolia 1
Zea Mays var. everta (Golden Queen) 3
Zea Mays var. everta (White Rice) 3
Zea Mays var. indentata (E'y L'g) 3
Zea Mays var. indentata (H. King) 3
Zea Mays var. indurata (C.'s Early) 3
Zea Mays var. indurata (N. Dakota) 3
Zea Mays var. saccharata (B. Mex.) 3
Zea Mays var. saccharata (G. B'm) 3
Zea Mays var. saccharata (S.'s E'n) 3
Zephyranthes candida 3
Zephyranthes rosea 3
Zingiber offic. var. Cochin 3
Zingiber offic. var. Jamaica No. 1 3
Zingiber offic. var. Jamaica No. 2 3
Zingiber officinale 3

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