Re: Aroid Literature
- Subject: Re: Aroid Literature
- From: &* B* <b*@malesiana.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:09:51 +0800
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Ed & Leigh, welcome to the site and to
aroids!
An excellent general intro to the family is Bown,
Aroids, Plants of the Arum Family (ISBN 0 88192 485 7), Publ. 2000 by Timber
Press At the level of genus the current ref. is The
Genera opf Araceae by Mayo, Bogner & Boyce (ISBN 1 900347 22 90). Publ. 1997
by The Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew although at 10 years old it is
beginning to show it's age a tad in so much as there have been and will continue
to be changes at generic level.
The main problem besetting aroids is that there is
no single ref. to all the species - not really surprising given that the two
biggest genera (Philodendron and iAnthurium) together probably
contain 1800+ spp, of which perpahs as much as 50% are undescribed! Here in
Sarawak our two largest genera (Schismatoglottis &
Homalomena) probably account for 200 spp. with fewer than 80
described.
You are quite right to be sceptical of many aroid
names on the web but as you get futher into this 9and I warn you, once you ar
'in'aroids there is no escape...) you'll begin torealize that certain people and
sites are very trustworthy. So, for example, Tom Craot for Anthurium and
Philodendron and central/south American aroids in general, Eduardo Gonçalves for
Spathicarps and Brazil in general, Julious for the Lasioids and anything to do
with edibility (and indeed recipes), Wilbert and Alan Galloway for anything
tuberous, and so on.
Very best
Peter
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