Donald Pigott (Lancaster University)

Lime-trees and Basswoods

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Clarifies the notoriously confused and controversial taxonomy of lime trees, presenting data from extensive field studies of natural populations around the world. Detailed descriptions and illustrations are provided for all recognised taxa, along with more general examinations of lime tree ecology, morphology and horticulture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 410
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1326g
• ISBN-13: 9780521840545
• ISBN-10: 0521840546
• Artikelnr.: 33766332

Autorenporträt

Donald Pigott is a past director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden and former Professor of Biology and Head of Department at the University of Lancaster. He has spent over fifteen years extending his earlier studies of the genus Tilia to cover its full natural range from Japan and China, to Europe, eastern North America and Mexico.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and acknowledgements
1. Introduction: the Tiliaceae and genus Tilia
2. General morphology of Tilia
Appendix. Glossary of terms used in descriptions
3. Cellular anatomy
4. A brief history of taxonomy of the genus
5. Taxonomic revision: concepts and methods of description
6. Chromosome numbers, molecular biology and hybridization
7. Geographic and ecological data
8. European and west Asian taxa
9. East Asian taxa 1: sections Endochrysea, Henryana and Anastraea
10. East Asian taxa 2: section Astrophilyra
11. American taxa
12. Geological history of the genus
13. Physiological ecology of Tilia
14. Floral and reproductive ecology of Tilia
15. Association of Tilia with human activity
16. Propagation and cultivation
Appendix 1. Herbarium codes
Appendix 2. A brief explanation of physical and chemical terms and concepts used in the ecological sections
Bibliography
Index.