John Pilbeam

Thanks to John Pilbeam and to Balkema¹⁾ publishing company for their authorization to make this e-version available. Thank you Philippe for tracking the authorizations… and the pdf file!

Under copyright (with permission)

This is one of the numerous books by John Pilbeam. It was published in 1995, and it contains 190 pages that present the species in alphabetical order, together with 125 colour and 98 B&W pictures. A list of synonyms and of collection numbers of various collectors is given in appendix.

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  • Interpreted file: Pilbeam_Gymno.pdf (13.9MB; 2009-03-13)
  • Original file: Pilbeam_Gymno_O.pdf (46.9MB; 2008-10-23)

Thanks to John Pilbeam for authorizing this e-version of his book. The reproduction of the handbook is “as is” (including typos, misprints and errors), and it complies with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, article 15 concerning typographical arrangement.

Under copyright (with permission)

This book, dated 1997, is 160 pages long and contains about 140 pictures of flowering plants in collection. The pictures are accompanied by short and clear descriptions including references and synonymy. Although dated XXth century, the book is still up-to-date. The genus sensu lato includes Rebutia s.s., Aylostera, and Mediolobivia (Digitorebutia, setirebutia, cylindrorebutia) whereas Sulcorebutia are excluded.

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• Download the original file (with OCR): Pilbeam_Rebutia.pdf (43.4MB; 2022-05-05)

In 2018, John published a companion book (130 pages): “Rebutia, Sulcorebutia, and Weingartia — unravelled”. It is made of large pictures (2 per page 17×11 cm, or 1 full page) with legends. The book is available upon request to John Pilbeam.

Again, thanks to John Pilbeam for authorizing this e-version of his book. Same reason and limits owing to the typographical arrangement as for the Rebutia handbook.

Under copyright (with permission)

This book, dated 1996, is 56 pages long and contains about 40 pictures of flowering plants in collection.

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• Download the original file (with OCR): Pilbeam_Thelocactus.pdf (21.6.6MB; 2022-7-11)