Abstract
FEW groups of plants are more difficult to comprehend systematically than the palms, and this is mainly due to the bulkiness of adequate specimens causing them to be largely neglected by explorers, so that we welcome the continuation of this great work on Asiatic palms by the late Prof. O. Beccari, published posthumously by Prof. U. Martelli. No eastern botanist ever possessed the knowledge of Asiatic palms which Beccari in his travels in Malaya, one of the richest palm areas in the world, had accumulated. The Corypheæ are especially interesting as they appear to be the oldest known group occurring in the Eocene, and almost the only palms found in temperate regions, the unique European palm Chamcerops being one of them.
Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta.
Vol. 13: Asiatic Palms—Coryphe". Posthumous Work by Dr. Odoardo Beccari. Revised and edited by Prof. Ugolino Martelli. Pp. vii + 356. 50 rupees; 75s. Plates. Pp. v + 102 plates. 26.8 rupees; 40s. 6d. (Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1931.)
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R., H. Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta . Nature 133, 122 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133122b0
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