The Biology, Structure, and Systematics of the Cycadales. Mem (57)

Cycads 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 biology and vegatative propagation; cytology, karyology, and physiology; phytochemistry; ecology and ethnobotany; systematics and floristics. New species are presented including a new genus, Chigua, previously unknown.

Papers included in this volume are listed below. For a complete list of papers produced from cycad proceedings published by
NYBG Press, click here.

A Historical Perspective on Cycads from Antiquity to the Present
Paolo De Luca
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.002

Morphology and Systematics of the Cycadales
Dennis Wm. Stevenson
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.003

Occurrence of Non-Coralloid Aerial Roots in Cycas
D. D. Pant and Kabita Das
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.004

Studies of Cycad Reproduction at Fairchild Tropical Garden
Knut J. Norstog
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.005

Micropropagation in Cycads
Roy Osborne
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.006

Conservation Through Cultivation
Cynthia Giddy
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.007

Structural Arrangement of Phycobionts in Coralloid Roots of Cycads
Maria Grilli Caiola
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.008

Nitrogen and Carbon Metabolism in Coralloid Roots of Cycads
Peter Lindblad
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.009

Cytotaxonomy of Cycads
Aldo Moretti
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.010

Chemotaxonomic Significance of MAM Glycosides and Mucilages in Cycads
Gesualdo Siniscalco Gigliano
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.011

Flavonoid Chemistry and the Taxonomy of Cycads
P. Mick Richardson
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.012

Notes on the Natural History of Two Species of Encephalartos from South Africa
Yves Delange
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.013

Algunos Datos Etnobotanicos de las Cicadas en Mexico
Mario Vazquez Torres
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.014

Investigation of the Natural Community of Cycas panzhihuaensis L. Zhou & S. Y. Yang
Zhou Lin, Yang Siyuan, and Zhou Zheng
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.015

A New Species of Encephalartos (Zamiaceae) from Northeastern Zaire
Paul Bamps and Stanislas Lisowski
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.016

A New Species of Encephalartos (Zamiaceae) from Tanzania
Dennis Wm. Stevenson, Aldo Moretti, and Paolo De Luca
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.017

Zamiaceae, a New Family for Zambia
François Malaisse, Jean-Pierre Sclavo, and Ian Turner
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.018

Chigua, A New Genus in the Zamiaceae, with Comments on Its Biogeograhic Significance
Dennis Wm. Stevenson
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.019

West Indian and South American Cycads
Sergio Sabato
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.020

On the Genus Glandulataenia nov. from the Triassic of Nidhpuri, India
Divya Darshan Pant
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.021

A World List of Cycads
Dennis Wm. Stevenson, Roy Osborne, and John Hendricks
http://dx.doi.org/10.21135/893273507.022