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Genera Orchidacearum
Volume 1: Apostasioideae and Cypripedioideae
Edited by Alec M. Pridgeon, Phillip J. Cribb, Mark W. Chase, and Finn Rasmussen
230 pages
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colour photographs and line drawings
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279x216mm
978-0-19-850513-6
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Hardback
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19 August 1999
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- First fully comprehensive, modern treatment of orchid classification to be published
- Editors are all distinguished orchid biologists, and draw on the contributions of over 50 international orchid experts
- Beautifully illustrated. Each genus illustrated in colour, as well as diagnostic line drawings and distribution maps.
- This volume includes comprehensive coverage of the attractive and extremely popular slipper orchids
Orchids are among the most popular and widely collected of plant families, with tropical species and hybrids being cultivated the world over for their remarkable flowers. The aim of Genera Orchidacearum is to produce a robust and natural classification of the orchids, something which has eluded plant scientists and orchid enthusiasts for years. The editors, who are all distinguished orchid specialists, will incorporate the wealth of new molecular data into a truly phylogenetic classification, and will identify the areas and taxa needing additional work. To this end, they will draw on the experience of several
international contributors. Genera Orchidacearum will be published in a total of five volumes over five years, with each volume providing comprehensive coverage of one or two orchid subfamilies. The series as a whole will be an absolutely indispensable reference tool both for scientists, and orchid breeders, collectors, and enthusiasts. This, the first volume of the Genera Orchidacearum, begins with several general introductory chapters outlining the long history of the efforts of plant scientists and breeders to provide a scientific classification of the orchids. The book goes on to provide descriptions of each of the Apostasioideae and Cypripedioideae subfamilies which comprise around 150 species in seven genera. Very comprehensive descriptions are provided for each of the genera,
including the complete nomenclature and type citation, distribution, anatomy, palynology, embryology, cytogenetics, ecology, phenology and pollination, phytochemistry, phylogenetics, cultivation, economic uses, taxonomic notes, and a select bibliography. The Cypripedioideae include the slipper orchids, arguably the most attractive and popular orchids of all, and this volume should have an especially wide appeal as a result. In addition, it is beautifully illustrated with many line drawings and colour photographs.Readership: Research scientists and students in plant biology and evolution; Orchid breeders, hybridizers, collectors, and enthusiasts.
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Edited by Alec M. Pridgeon, Phillip J. Cribb, Mark W. Chase, and Finn Rasmussen, all at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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"... essential reading for any serious student of orchids." - Orchid Review
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