The Biology, Structure, and Systematics of the Cycadales. Mem (57) flora neotropica The goal of this treatment

The goal of this treatment is to sort out many of the 330 names used and species ascribed to this group by taxonomists and pharmacists from the late 18th century to the present

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The papers provide a wide geographic coverage of the tropics from Hawaii and New Caledonia in the Pacific to the Neotropics and Africa

Human interests in forests are being rediscovered and redefined

In the northern Andes of South America and adjacent southern Central America

The Biology, Structure, and Systematics of the Cycadales. Mem (57) flora neotropica The goal of this treatmentCycads have had considerably less research due to a general perception as esoteric taxonomic relicts. However, renewed interest in the cycads has been quite diverse as evident by the papers included here. This volume represents 21 papers presented at the symposium CYCAD 87 held in Beaulieu sur Mer, France in 1987. Topics cover current research trends on the Cycadales which are loosely catagorized by historical perspective; morphology; reproductive