Australian Palms By John Leslie Dowe

[edric]

This one's for all our friends down under, especially the 'Rat Pack', and you too Pete, and Zig! The unedited version of John Leslie Dowe's "Australian Palms; BiogeoGraphy, ecology and Systematics", all 305 pages, with his full glossary, Ed

http://118.97.161.124/perpus-fkip/Perpustakaan/Geography/Biogeography/%5BJohn_Leslie_Dowe%5D_Australian_Palms_Biogeography,(BookFi.org).pdf

[Tropicgardener]

I have had this book for a while now and it is great to see such an updated reference to the Australian palm species.

[Tassie_Troy1971]

I have this book too and it's a great reference !

[edric]

Here is Dr. A.N. Rodd's, Revision of Livistona (Arecaceae) in Australia. (1998) full edition, 105 pages, enjoy, Ed

http://rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/73166/Tel8Rod049.pdf

[Daryl]

Thanks Edric, John's book is a beauty. We (Ratpack) were lucky enough to get to read the pre-pub edition one night on our Townsville trip a few years ago, over a few Tsingtaos with John. Tony Rodd's work is good too, but I believe some of this is now out of date after John's revision of Livistona. It took Tony many many years to research and compile everything, so was a monumental effort at the time.

regards,

Daryl

[Mandrew968]

Great book--now if we can get the other continents done...

[Phoenikakias]

I do not understand why Dowe insists saying that Livistona decora, drudei, australis a.o. are functionally dioecious without restricting this only to natural population. (Functionally) dioecious means, unless I have a wrong concept, (that a functionally) male palm does not set fruits and that a (functionally) female plant can not set fruits without the existance of another functionally male specimen or of another relative sp within same genus, that produces pollen at same time. If a palm does set fruits with fertile seeds without any available pollen from another plant, then this palm is or can be (if fruiting after blooming does not occure every year) hermaphrodite and so no dioecious. This is the case with the L decora here in Greece. There is not much variation of cultivated palms here and this can be helpful for some relevant conclusions. In my garden there is a mature decora that blooms every year at different times from L chinensis and every now and then sets fruits with viable seeds (I have given many of those seeds to other people, who gained seedlings out of them, not to mention germinated seeds im my own garden). There is no other mature decora in the wider area and in fact no other mature decora in whole Attica. Another grower in Italy has seen its own decora fruiting for the first time last year.

[mike in kurtistown]

Look at my response showing John Dowe's response to this topic. It was in a thread titled "Livistona Reproduction" by Dave H on June 19, 2009. It would have been nice if this had been explained in his book, but maybe there would have been review problems.

[Phoenikakias]

I am grateful to you for your reply Mike! The suggested link makes all clear to me.

[Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax)]

Since I've been on a Livistona binge of late, I use this book frequently. In fact, its on the coffee table right now. Its a great resource for non-Aussies that want to understand the Australian Livistona species. I'd probably feel the same way about several other genera if I was in a frost free climate.....

[tropicbreeze]

I got a copy of that book a while back, it's very handy. Now I've copied that electronic version (thanks). I don't carry that book around with me, but I do take the computer.

[LilikoiLee]

Thanks for the reviews of this book, everyone. I am going to order it today. I really like the few species of Australian palms that I've seen in photos. My husband Mike (O'o Bar Master)fell in love with Australia when he flew in the hot air balloon event at your bicentieal. We hope to travel there in the future so the book will help me prepare for our palm adventures.

Lee