You are correct that fruit classification is complicated. The book and
website by Richard Spjut explains historical reasons for some of the
confusion and adds many new fruit terms for a more comprehensive, but
considerably more complex system with 95 fruit types. However, he notes
that most fruits fit one of 14 types.
Richard Spjut 1994. A Systematic Treatment of Fruit Types. Memoirs of
the New York Botanical Garden Vol. 70.
http://www.worldbotanical.com/fruit_types.htm
David R. Hershey
http://www.angelfire.com/ab6/hershey/bio.htm
Bob Wise wrote:
> I teach intro botany labs and am not particularly strong on fruit--a
> topic I find very complicated. Does anyone have a recommendation for
> a good fruit textbook?
>> Bob
> --
> Robert R. Wise
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> University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
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>http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/biology/wise/wise.html>> Please visit "The Structure and Function of Plastids"
>http://www.life.uiuc.edu/govindjee/newbook/Vol%2023.html
