History and Current Status of Systematic Research with Araceae

Copyright © 2004 by Thomas B. Croat
Missouri Botanical Garden
P. O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166
USA

This article first appeared in Aroideana, Volume 21, 1998. This document is also available as a PDF file (1.3 Mb, 299 pages) here, now in its sixth edition.

A Microsoft Word document file (935 Kb, 289 pages) of this article in its sixth edition is available here.

The following HTML edition of this article does not include the recent updates included in the sixth edition.


  1. Introduction
  2. Earliest Specialists with Araceae
    1. Schott
    2. Contemporaries of Schott
      1. Koch
      2. Engler
      3. Brown
      4. Krause
      5. Sodiro
  3. Regional Studies with Araceae
    1. Asia
    2. Africa
    3. America
  4. 1920 to 1950: A Dearth of Araceae Research
    1. Matuda
    2. Floristic Work in South America
    3. Floristic Work in Central America
  5. Renewed Revisionary Efforts after 1950
  6. Miscellaneous Disciplines that Played an Important Role in the History of Aroid Research
  7. Miscellaneous Papers Mostly dealing with Specific Genera
  8. Other Special General Works Dealing with Araceae
  9. Present Focus on Aroid Research
  10. Geographical Areas of Research with Araceae
  11. Future Research Needs
  12. Need for Research in Neotropics
    1. Central America
    2. West Indies
    3. South America
  13. Most Poorly Known Floristic Regions
  14. Conclusion
    1. Acknowledgments
  15. Literature Cited
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E
    6. F
    7. G
    8. H
    9. I to J
    10. K
    11. L
    12. M
    13. N
    14. O
    15. P
    16. Q to R
    17. S
    18. T
    19. U, V, and W
    20. X, Y, and Z

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