Re: [AGA SC] Revision of Genera Echinodorus of K. Rataj (fwd)

["Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>]

Everyone is critical of Rataj except Rataj.<g>  He has a habit of making up
"new" species right left and center, with no real work to back them up.
MANY of his "species" are found to be synonyms when others go back and
actually do the work.  The problem is that although Niels Jacobsen HAS done
the work on Cryptocoryne to straighten that mess out to a large extent, as
far as I know, no one has gone back to finish Echinodorus.  We know Rataj
made some BIG mistakes. (for instance, according to him, there is an
Echinodorus from Africa) OTOH, a lot of what he has in the revision IS
useful, and it's the best we've got.

I'm sure I'll want it anyway, since I collect these things... I have the
original revision with line drawings already.  (then again, I have multiple
early editions of Innes and 3 volumes of Wendt's old "Die Aquarien Pflanzen"
in German too, so the fact that _I_ want it doesn't mean that the average
person would. ;-)

Karen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [AGA SC] Revision of Genera Echinodorus of K. Rataj (fwd)


> --- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:
> > I'll also ask
> > Christel what she knows
> > about it.
>
> Yes, since Christel has been somewhat critical of Rataj,
> let's see it *and* see what she has to say about it.
>
> In any event, a review of it in TAG sounds like something
> we should do.
>
> sh
>
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> -  -   -   -   -   -   -   -
> Tired of filling that aquarium all the way to the top? Ready to try
something a little different? Think less water, more options. Think
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>
> Aquarium Design Group's Mike Senske raised paludariums to a whole other
level. SEE Senske paludariums at
>
> http://www.aquariumdesigngroup.com/aquascapes/aquascapes_paludariums.htm
>
> SEE the Senske submissons to the AGA Annual Aquascaping Contests at
http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2004.cgi
>
> HEAR and SEE Mike talk about paludarium design at The 5th AGA Annual
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www.gwapa.org
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