Re: Books on aroids and tropicals

From: "Victor G. Soukup" <soukupvg at email.uc.edu> on 1998.05.27 at 18:31:00(2197) Hi, The Genera of Araceae is generally a very well written and organized compendium of what we know about Aroids. It does have some shortcomings, but these are far outweighed by its plusses. Because I was a beneficiary of some of the seeds of Pseudohydrosme gabunensis for my study of the acid profiles of the seeds of Araceae, I can state that the statement made under that genus that the fruits and seeds are unknown is no longer true. The interest in Aroids is generating new information all the time, and books like this will help push the acquisition of new knowledge -- in turn making the book less complete. But the information carried therein, at least most of it, will remain as the basis on which we will rely -- the ready source to which we refer time and time again. To be sure the emphasis is on tropical genera as Ray has suggested but in general most of us are probably much more likely to need information on those genera which we will have less chance to encounter in their native haunts rather than those which we can, by travelling 50 miles to a state park, see in the various stages of their life cycles. Vic +More At 08:08 AM 5/27/98 -0500, you wrote: >I'd like to splurge and add the ULTIMATE tropical plant book(s) to my library. I'm considering: the new "The Genera of Aracae", Exotica, Tropica 4, and would like to add one on bromeliads and maybe succulents. I know some of these are a bit off-topic... Any suggestions? Any feedback on "The Genera of Aracae"? > > >Get your FREE, private e-mail >account at http://www.mailcity.com > > Victor G. Soukup Assoc. Curator of the Herbarium Department of Biological Sciences P.O. Box 210006 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0006 Herbarium phone: 513-556-9761 e-mail: soukupvg@email.uc.edu

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