Download or read book Cycad Classification written by Terrence Walters and published by CABI. This book was released on 2004-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the current state of our knowledge of the classification of the approximately 300 species of cycads. It includes contributions from leading researchers from Australia, China, Italy, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and the USA. It has been developed from papers presented at a workshop held in 2002 at the Montgomery Botanical Center. The book provides guidelines for the designation of species, species boundaries and species groupings, thus clarifying what has been a confused area of research.