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Cycas pranburiensis Photo Ken Hill
The Cycad Pages
More about Cycads

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:

  • Introduction to Cycads, University of California, Berkeley
  • 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
    SeedTalk
    GardenWeb Forums:
    Garden Exchange, Tropicals.

    Conservation:

    World Conservation Monitoring Centre
    Endangered species data, C.I.T.E.S. information and Species Search
    The IUCN Cycad Specialist Group

    Botany and Gardening:

    American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta
    Biosciences - The World-Wide Web Virtual Library
    Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants
    The Internet Garden.
    Plant Societies
    The Garden Gate - Directory of Garden Sites
    Gardening & Horticulture in Australia.
    The Virtual Garden
    The Garden Web and other society pages.
    My Garden - A collection of gardening sites.
    Internet Directory for Botany.
    The Cycad Pages
    © 1998 Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
    Written and maintained by Ken Hill
    Please send comments and corrections