Agrostology textbook

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On Thursday, 22 August 1996, Richard Halse <halser at BCC.ORST.EDU> wrote:
>I will be teaching a class in Agrostology this coming year. I am looking for
>a textbook for the class. Hopefully the text will cover such topics as
>morphology, anatomy, cytology and systematics of grasses. Does such a book
>now exist? Any information on textbooks currently being used would be
>appreciated.
>Richard R. Halse
>Department of Botany & Plant Pathology
>Oregon State University
>2082 Cordley Hall
>Corvallis, OR  97331-2902
>Phone: 541-737-5297
>Fax: 541-737-3573
>email: halser at bcc.orst.edu

Richard,

The best book I've seen for grass morphology (and I think I can
fairly "tout" a book by my current and former supervisors) is "Agnes
Chase's First Book of Grasses: The Structure of Grasses Explained
for Beginners (4th Ed.)" by Lynn G. Clark and Richard W. Pohl.  It
just came out in May of this year, and is published by Smithsonian
Press.  It doesn't discuss cytology and anatomy, but does have
an overview of the subfamilies and many of the tribes.

Deb Lewis
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