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The cartoon was drawn by Sul Ross State University geology student Mark Munday in 1981. The artwork by Mark (furnished by his Professor, David Rohr), and Mark's help at the "dig" is gratefully acknowledged.
Contributions to The Jepson Manual Second Edition (2007 - 2008):
John has revised and submitted treatments of Anacardiaceae (Malosma, Pistacia, Rhus, and Schinus), Cucurbitaceae (Brandegea, Citrullus, Cucumis, Cucurbita, and Marah), Lamiaceae (Acanthomintha, Glechoma, Hedeoma, Lycopus, Marrubium, Melissa, Moluccella, Nepeta, Poliomintha, Prunella, Salazaria, Satureja, and Teucrium), and Portulacaceae (Calandrinia, Calyptridium [with C. Matt Guilliams], Cistanthe [with C. Matt Guilliams], Claytonia, Lewisia, and Montia), for a second edition of The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California.
Back Issues of Selected Botanical Journals Are Available (March 2007):
These volumes are available free-of-charge (recipient must make financial arrangements with a carrier, and pre-pay shipping charges from California, USA, to destination). I will box them and hand-carry to the shipping vendor for weighing. The gigantopteroid.org web site will not be involved in any financial transactions.
Allertonia Volumes 1 and 2
Systematic Botany (Volumes 1 through 31)
Kindly note that the Systematic Botany volumes are heavy, weighing more than 100 hundred kilograms. If interested, please contact me.
Paleobotanical Books, Graphics, and Reprints are Sought (March 2007):
I welcome complementary copies of recent editions of books, reprints of paleobotanical monographs, and reprints of journal articles on paleontology on an exchange basis. Could someone donate a copy of the out-of-print book titled "Fossil Floras of China Through the Ages"?
Articles in pdf format are sought, but electronic versions must be in compliance with the copyright laws of the originating country.
I am also interested in receiving images and graphics for use on the gigantopteroid web site (with permissions, please). Scientific and software publishers and free-lance artists are encouraged to help me improve and enhance the educational value of this web site. If interested, please contact me.
Systematics of Claytonia [Portulacaceae] (July 2006):
Interested persons may order a copy through the editorial office of Systematic Botany Monographs or other booksellers including NHBS Environmental Bookstore, Devon, UK.
Death Valley Desert Blooms (April 2005):
The 2005 bloom season was extraordinary on the floor and alluvial debris fans of Death Valley, a graben located east of the Panamint Mountains, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, USA. The author and his associates visited the region in April 2005 and captured these images, among others.
To the left is an image of a Holocene debris fan of the Amargosa Mountains (the Panamint Mountains are to the right): the yellow color is a population of Geraea canescens (Asteraceae, Asterales, Asteridae). To the right is a close-up of Eremalche rotundiflora (Malvaceae, Malvales, Dilleniidae) photographed by Homer Hobi (who accompanied John together with Ed Dipesa).
Fairy Lantern Field Biology (April 2004):
Together with Tim Armstrong, the author discovered a previously undocumented population of Calochortus pulchellus (Liliaceae, Liliales, Liliidae) from a volcanic plateau in southern Solano County, California, USA. The Mount Diablo fairy lantern was previously known from Contra Costa County on Mount Diablo, a prominent mountain peak of the Diablo Range rising above the foothills south of the Carquinez Straits and Suisun Bay of western North America.
Students may wish to read about Calochortus pulchellus in recent biosystematic studies of some Calochortus species published by Bryan Ness in 1989 (Systematic Botany 14:495-505).
REVISED AND POSTED APRIL 8, 2008
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