Cryptocoryne Of Peninsular Malaysia (Hardcover)

This is the first comprehensive account of the species of Cryptocoryne – the Water Trumpets – of Peninsular Malaysia. The wealth of information includes their history, names and synonyms, descriptions of the different species with colour pictures, their peculiar and intricate floral biology, their ecology, biogeography, and conservation. It also includes a chapter on evolution of the genus with evidence from chromosome numbers and molecular DNA analysis. Cryptocoryne are the inhabitants of the clear water streams and rivers of the rainforests, where their colourful leaves and peculiar trumpets meet anyone risking wet feet. A number of species are used as aquarium plants due to their colourful and decorative leaves.

Contents

Chapter 1  . Plant Genus Cryptocoryne

. Introduction

. Morphological Characteristic

. Propagation

. Uses

. A historical perspective

. Habitats

Chapter 2  . Morphology & Cytology

Chapter 3  . Evolution of the Genus

. Biogeography

. Evolution within the genus

Chapter 4  . Systematic Treatment

. Introduction

. The Genus

. Key to the species

. Enumeration of species

. Species not native to the Peninsular Malaysia but naturalized

. Species not included: Previously assumed to have come from the Peninsular Malaysia

Chapter 5  . Future of Cryptocoryne

Ahmad Sofiman Othman,

Niels Jacobsen,

Mashhor Mansor

2009  |  USM Press  |  978-983-861-379-8 (Hardcover)