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| Cycas pranburiensis
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More about Cycads
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Cycad enthusiasts today are fortunate in having a wealth of excellent
literature readily available. Two recently published books in particular
stand out as essential reading:
Norstog, K.J. and Nichols, T.J. 1997. The Biology of the
Cycads. Cornell University Press, Ithaca.
Jones, D.L. 1993. Cycads of the World. Reed, Chatswood.
Earlier literature up to the mid-1980's has been comprehensively
indexed and annotated by
Read, R.W. & Solt, M.L. 1986. Bibliography of the living cycads.
annotated. Lyonia 2(4): 33-199.
and there are also comprehensive although somewhat older publications and
bibliographies dealing with economic and cultural significance of cycads
Thieret, J.W. 1958. Economic Botany of the cycads. Economic
Botany 12: 3-41.
and toxicology and the medical implications
Whiting, M.G. 1963. Toxicity of the cycads. Economic
Botany 17: 271-302.
- All references cited
The Cycad Pages
are listed in the
bibliography
for those interested in more detailed reading on all aspects of cycads.
The Net has also become a great source of information
and news.
Try:
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Introduction to Cycads,
University of California, Berkeley
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The Gymnosperm Database by Christopher J. Earle
The Virtual Cycad Encyclopedia by Jody L. Haynes
- Species descriptions at the
Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia pages.
- Cycads of Mexico
(A WWW demo of the CD-ROM)
Or just type "cycads" into your favourite net search engine.
There are also great sites for cycad relatives and ecological associates.
See the excellent Ginkgo biloba
Pages by Cor Kwant.
NEWSGROUPS
- The Cycad List
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SeedTalk
- GardenWeb Forums:
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Garden Exchange, Tropicals.
Conservation:
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World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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Endangered species data,
C.I.T.E.S. information and
Species Search
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The IUCN Cycad Specialist Group
Botany and Gardening:
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American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta
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Biosciences - The World-Wide Web Virtual Library
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Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants
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The Internet Garden.
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Plant Societies
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The Garden Gate - Directory of Garden Sites
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Gardening & Horticulture in Australia.
- The Virtual Garden
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The Garden Web and
other society pages.
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My Garden - A collection of gardening sites.
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Internet Directory for Botany.
