New Cycad Educational Resources

virtualpalm · Post by **virtualpalm** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:32 am

Dear fellow cycad enthusiasts,

I have uploaded two new educational resources to the Cycad Society website. The first is an "Expanded Glossary of Cycad Terms," which includes definitions of more than 1,200 cycad-related terms that might be encountered by scientists and collectors alike. There is also an "Illustrated Glossary of Cycad Terms" that goes along with the expanded glossary, which uses cycad-specific photos and drawings to illustrate more than 500 of these terms. You can access both from the following link:

http://www.cycad.org/publications/glossary.htm

The second new resource is an "Etymological Compendium of Cycad Names," which provides the etymology (= meaning) of every valid cycad name. This can be accessed here:

http://www.cycad.org/documents/etymolog ... endium.pdf

Any comments, criticims, or suggestions are welcome.

Enjoy!
Jody Haynes
TCS President
president@cycad.org

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:38 am

Jody,

Wonderful educational resource, and the Cycas photos are nothing short of spectacular.
So many varieties I've never heard of, all stunningly beautiful.

I've often been puzzled by some terms, now I can refer to your literature.

Mr. Williams' "I Am A Cycad" was thought-provoking and poignant, and makes a wonderful addition to your great site.

Congratulations on another fine work!

Barb
PS--Steve (KNN) is away, but when he returns, he'll "flip" to have your resource.

virtualpalm · Post by **virtualpalm** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:19 am

Barb,

I am glad you enjoyed it. It took many hundreds of hours to consolidate all those terms and etymological derivations and then to assemble the photos to illustrate as many terms as possible. Please feel free to let me know if you find any errors or minor corrections that need to be made.

Jody

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:00 am

Jody,

if you find any errors or minor corrections that need to be made.

The likelihood of errors is akin to asking my dog to type a letter

You are THE authority, and we Cycad lovers continue to rely on your expertise ever since we discovered your publications.
I'll reference those pictures whenever my cycads appear to again stall.
Thank you!
Barb

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:31 pm

Jody,

A great resource

Thanks for the time and effort you put into this!

Steve