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1981 4(1) 23-24 Dan H. Nicholson The gender of Lysichiton Schott (Araceae)
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ABSTRACT: Generic names sometimes exist in several spellings and it becomes a matter of debate to decide which spelling is to be accepted, particularly if more than one spelling is used in the original publication. It is a fact that Schott's first two publications (1857, 1858) used both Lysichitum and Lysichiton but in subsequent publications Schott used only Lysichiton.

1981 4(2) 64-67 C. Sathish Kumar, Dan H. Nicholson A new species of Theriophonum Bl. (Araceae) from India (Buy)
ABSTRACT: Theriophonum fischeri Sivadasan, sp. nov. is described.

1982 5(3) 67-88 Dan H. Nicholson Translation of Engler's classification of Araceae with updating (Buy)
ABSTRACT: When Hooker (1883) was preparing the treatment of Araceae (Aroideae) for the monumental 'Genera Plantarum,' he basically followed the Schottian system, incorporating Engler's (1879) reduction in the number of genera. The first system was "popularized" by Hutchinson (1959) who, with a reversal of the sequence (bisexual genera first), published essentially an English translation of Hooker's latin. Engler (1905-1920), in his monumental 'Das Pflanzenreich', produced his final treatment of the family, including all then known species in nine volumes. This work remains the standard reference for the family as a whole.

1983 6(2) 36-38 C. Sathish Kumar, Dan H. Nicholson Arisaema nilamburense
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ABSTRACT: In South India, Arisaema is represented by ten species, including six varieties. One species, hitherto known as Arisaema auriculatum Barnes, is quite rare. It is distinguished by having ony a single compound leaf with sessile, radiate leaflets and a slightly bent, irregularly corrugated tip of the sterile appendix.

1984 7(1) 7-8 Dan H. Nicholson Amorphophallus konjac vs A. rivieri (Araceae)
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ABSTRACT: A quick scan of the literature suggested that A. rivieri was correct, cf. Fanny Lee Phillips (Aroideana 3: 56. 1980). I began to wonder why Koyama (in Ohwi, Flora of Japan, 255. 1965) accepted A. konjac. To my astonishment, I found that it is correct. Even more astonishing, I found that I had prepared notes on the problem in 1963 (while a student at the Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University), including copies of critical papers from Dr. George S. Bunting. At the risk of repeating something possibly published elsewhere, I report my findings in a historial sequence.

1984 7(2) 53 Dan H. Nicholson Notes on a new genus Pentastemona
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ABSTRACT: Pentastemona is closely related to Stichoneuron, another elusive genu and the two genera are closely related to Croomia, a genu occurring in Japan and southeastern United States.

1984 7(2) 56-57 Dan H. Nicholson A second collection of Pedicellarum (Araceae)
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ABSTRACT: During a recent visit (January 1983) to the Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden, I found and was loaned a second collection, Native Collector 5178 from Mt. Matang in Sarawak (ca. to miles west of Kuching) at 2300 ft. , collected in 1927-1928.

1984 7(2) 63 Dan H. Nicholson Notes on aroid papers
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ABSTRACT: Seven academic papers on Aroids are briefly reviewed.

1987 10(3) 15-25 Dan H. Nicholson Derivation of aroid generic names (Buy)
ABSTRACT: A comprehensive list of generic names of aroids is given, along with their derivation.

1987 10(4) 23-30 Dan H. Nicholson History of aroid systematics (Buy)
ABSTRACT: The great aroid systematists were Schott and Engler. Schott was the first specialist but his systematic ideas were pre-Darwinian, focusing on similarities rather than possibilities of descent. Engler, for all his accomplishments, specialized in aroids and his post-Darwinian ideas dominated aroid systematics for nearly a century. Recently two systems were independently proposed. Bogner & Nicolson's is essentially a revised Englerian system. Grayum's is a totally new synthesis. The phylogeny of existing aroids will never be fully known but continuing and new work may bear on the speculations that necessarily underlie differences between the recent systems.

1989 12(1) 20-23 Dan H. Nicholson An annotated list of aroid publications (Buy)
ABSTRACT: Since a previous paper (Notes on aroid papers, Aroideana 7:63 1984), the following publications have been brought to my attention, through the kindness of authors or colleagues in sending reprints. As papers arrived, I put them in a pile until it became obvious that it was time to process them. No effort was made to scan current literature. As such, coverage is not exhaustive.

1992 15 19-21 Dan H. Nicholson Spathiphyllum sect. nov. Chlaenophyllum (Araceae)
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ABSTRACT: Spathiphyllum solomonense Nicolson, a species intermediate between Holochlamys and Spathiphyllum, is here recognized as unispecific Spathiphyllum sect. nov. Chlaenophyllum. The history of our knowledge of the species is reviewed.

1992 15 34-37 Dan H. Nicholson Annotated aroid literature (Buy)
ABSTRACT: Authors have kindly sent me many reprints about aroids. Some may be of interest to readers. Many papers are noted and brief abstracts given.