Genera Orchidacearum Vol. 3

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Genera Orchidacearum Vol. 3 Author: Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: Oxford University Press
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Pages: 378 Illustrations and other contents: numerous line illustrations, 24pp colour plates ISBN: 9780198507116 Categories: ,

This third volume describes the remaining 105 genera of subfamily Orchidoideae and all 15 genera of subfamily Vanilloideae. Comprehensive treatments are provided for each genus, which include complete nomenclature, description, distribution (with map), anatomy, palynology, cytogenetics, phytochemistry, phylogenetics, pollination, ecology, and economic uses. Cultivation notes are included for those genera known to be in hobbyist collections. Genera are beautifully illustrated with line drawings and colour photographs.

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Genera Orchidacearum is the first work to treat the whole of the orchids in a modern form based on molecular data from nearly all of the more than 800 genera. * Plant Systematics and Evolution * As in the former volumes, layout is very clear ... The photographs are without exception good and informative, in many cases excellent ... The distribution maps are very clear, and easy to interpret. * Plant Systematics and Evolution * ... excellent book ... it is an absolute requirement for the professional orchidologist as a reference work. It fills a gap because no other up-to-date systematic treatment of Orchidaceae down to generic level is available in English, and I am quite sure that no comparable work will be published during the next few decades. * Plant Systematics and Evolution *