CP books overview

Ivo Koudela (koudela@karlov.mff.cuni.cz)
Fri, 13 Oct 95 10:07:19 MESZ

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# The following is a short overview of books on CPs which I have seen or #
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An overview:
* proportional to quality: 0 not dealt with
* exists
** quite good
*** bravo
**** outstanding
AIO All in one. Everything is more or less well presented.

Illustrations: D Line Drawings
C Color Drawings
BW B&W Photos
Ph Color Photos

Audience: child : for children
CP : for CP nuts
Lit : for people that love literature
nov : people that look for first informations
Pop : Popular scientific readers
SciPl : people that are interested in descriptions of the species
SciCP : people that want to have deeper understanding of CP

Cz : in Czech
Ch : in Chinese
D : in German
E : in English
J : in Japanese
L : parts in Latin
R : in Russian
S : in Spanish


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Aaseng projected publication date 1996 Aleksandrova 0 0 *D child R cp
tales for children Baffray '85 *** 0 ****D nov F survey on French CP
Baffray '89 ? ? ?DCPh ? F ? Bentley ? ? ?DC child E ? Bordoloi ?
? ? ? E on N.khasiana Braem * * **Ph nov D AIO, nothing new
Breimhorst * * **Ph nov D AIO, cheap intro Chan ? ? ?DBWPh ? Ch ?
Carow * * **DPh nov D AIO, intro, too short Casper **** 0 *DPh SciPl LD
Pinguiculas monograph, older Cheers '83 * ** **DBWPh nov E AIO, good,
short basic intro Cheers '92 * ** ***DBWPh nov E AIO, good Cooper ? ?
? child ES ? Danser **** 0 ***D SciPl LE Nepenthes monograph, older
Darwin ** 0 *D Lit E CP book of the first days Dean * 0 *D child E ?
Degreef ? ? ?DPh ? FlEDF ? Diels **** 0 ****D SciPl LD Drosera
monograph, older Doyle ? ? ?D child E ? Erickson *** 0 ***DC SciPl E
survey on Australian CPs Fessler ** *** ***DPh nov D AIO, good intro,
but too old Goldstein * * **DBW child E ? Harms * 0 ***DBW SciPl D old
survey of CP genera Heilborn ** 0 **BW Lit D old introduction to CPs
Jebb ? ? ?D ? E ? Jolivet ? ? ? ? F ? Joseph ** 0 *DPh SciPl E
survey of Indian region Juniper **** 0 *DPh SciCP E CP phenomenon on a
scientific level Kite ? ? ?Ph child E a good introductory book Komiya
? ? **DBWPh ? J ? Kondo *? 0? ****Ph CP J useful collection of CP
pictures Kurata ** 0 ****BWPh CP E survey on the Nep.of Mt.Kinabalu
Labat ? ? ?Ph ? E ? Lecoufle * ** ****DCPh nov FE AIO, many
mistakes, nothing new Lerner * 0 **D child E mainly on Sarracenia Lloyd
*** 0 *DBW SciCP E old but good Louveaux ? ? ?D ? F ? on CPs and
poisonous plants Lowrie Vol.1 *** 0 ****DPh CP E survey on tuberous
Drosera Lowrie Vol.2 *** 0 ****DPh CP E survey on pygmy Drosera Lowrie
Vol.3 waiting for being published Macfarlane *** 0 ***D SciPl E old
survey on CP genera Nielsen ? ? ? child E ? Nelson ? ? ? ? E ?
Nothhelfer (*) * *BW nov D cheap intro, too old Oikawa * ? ***CPh ? J
? Ornduff ? ? ?BW ? E ? Overbeck * 0 ****Ph child E great pictures
(Aldrovanda!) Pietropaolo * ** *BW nov E cultivating N. American CPs
Pietropaolo * ** **DPh nov E less would be more Poole ? ? ?D child E ?
Prince ? ? *DBW child E ? Rahn ? ? *DBW child E ? Rey 0 0 ?D
?CPLit E a fiction about VFT Rondeau I ? ? *DPh ? E ? Rondeau II ?
? *BWPh ? E ? Schnell ** ** ****DPh CP E survey on North American CPs
Schulz ** 0 *BW nov. D discussion of the nature of CPs Schwartz ? ?
?BW ? E ? Shivas * ** ****BWPh CP E survey on West Malayan Nep.
Slack, '79 ** *** **Ph nov E one of the best books Slack, '86 ** ****
***DBWPh nov E best advice how to grow CPs Stehli * 0 *BW nov D
discussing CP phenomenon Studnicka ?* ?* *DBWPh nov Cz good book Swenson
? ? ?DPh ? E ? Taylor **** 0 ****D SciPl E excellent monograph on
Utrics Temple * ** **DPh nov E nice booklet for beginners Waters ? ?
?DBW ? E ? Wexler I ? ? ?BW ? E ? Wexler II ? ? ?BW ? E ?
Yamakawa ? ? **DBWPh ? J ? n.a. (ICPS) ? ? ? ? J ? n.a.
(London) ** ** **D nov E excellent intro

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