Perennial, aromatic herbs; rhizome sympodially branched, sometimes on stilt roots. Stems
short, poorly developed, mostly lengthened by erect pseudostem formed by the leaf sheaths. …

This chapter provides a description of all plant families and genera that include putative fully
mycoheterotrophic species, excluding initial and partial mycoheterotrophs. The overview …

The present study was started in 1962 as a part of the treatment of th beraceae for the" Flora
of Suriname." In the course of the work it became evident that many taxonomic problems …

The first known description of the genus Renealmia is that of Marcgraf in his Historiae Rerum
Naturalium Brasiliae in 1648. He described and depicted a plant called" Paco Seroca;" …

Identification keys are provided for all genera currently recognized in Annonaceae. Separate
keys are presented for the Neotropics (34 genera), Africa-Madagascar (40 genera) and Asia…

Recently a multidisciplinary investigation program on the systematics of Annonaceae was
started at Utrecht with special emphasis on the Neotropics. This project will be carried out …

This taxonomic treatment includes all Cannaceae of the world. Emphasis is on the 10 species
growing in the wild in the Neotropics. Included are chapters on the history of the taxonomy …

An annotated checklist of the Annonaceae from Central-Eastern Brazil, comprising the Distrito
Federal and the States of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São …

Anaxagorea A. St. Hil. is distinct from other Annonaceae by the fruits. Unlike most members
of the family, it occurs both in the Neotropics and in the Palaeotropics. Several chapters are …

Renealmia Lf (Zingiberaceae) is one of the few tropical plant genera with numerous species
in both Africa and South America but not in Asia. Based on phylogenetic analysis of nuclear …