Re: The Iris Family Natural History and Classification

 

Presently it would be the definitive work on Iridaceae but it is expensive. I used it to create the summary of genera on the Iris Encyclopedia but Peter and others keep working and even Peter's book is now somewhat out of date with the current literature. I have been trying to keep the Wiki current but have not got much of the old stuff filled in as yet. As a printed volume it still is appreciated over the last monograph which was Clive Innes work. Peter does not go into detail about many species but instead addresses most everything at the generic level. Therefore it just compares the genus Iris to the other genera.

From: "Sean Zera" <zera@umich.edu>
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 2:01:37 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] The Iris Family Natural History and Classification

 

Exactly... technical but very readable. The photos are biased towards South African species, but that's understandable.

Sean Z


On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Chuck Chapman <i*@aim.com> wrote:
 

An excellent book. I can recommend it very highly. He has made a point
of using common words, rather then botanical words where possible. But
does go into a lot of plant taxonomoy and relationships. A large number
of well well done dichotomous plant keys, for identifying groups and
species within groups. Not as detailed on iris or south American
plants. He has specialized on African plants and has written over 200
articles on iridaceae. The world's expert on the topic.

Chuck Chapman

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Kramb <d*@badbear.com>
To: iris-species <i*@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Mar 24, 2014 1:30 pm
Subject: [iris-species] The Iris Family Natural History and
Classification

 
I'm not sure if this is old news for SIGNA members or not, but I don't !
recognize this book cover or title.

http://www.booktopia.com.au/the-iris-family-peter-goldblatt/prod9780881928976.html

Has anyone here read it?  And would you classify it as beginner,
intermediate, or advanced?  The photos on the cover look enticing.

Thanks,

Dennis in Cincinnati



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