The Genus Betula. A taxonomic revision of birches.

The Genus Betula. A taxonomic revision of birches. , Tree Species > Monographs , Kew Publishing

ISBN: 9781842461419

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Kenneth Ashburner and Hugh A. McAllister

A Botanical Magazine Monograph with illustrations by Josephine Hague.
Birches or Betula, are among the most attractive and common trees in the landscape and in gardens. Unfortunately, naming even the common white-barked birches can be difficult and many wrongly named trees can be found in nurseries and arboreta.
This is the first monograph published on this plant group. Accounts are given of all known birches found in Europe, Asia and North America, both white and brown barked, and a key for their identification. The extensive fossil record and recent molecular work are reviewed and, together with new data not previously published, used to provide information for a discussion of what can be deduced of the evolutionary relationships of the species and species groups. From the authors' experience of growing and propagating almost all species, accounts are given of the cultivation requirements and landscape use of Betula species.
Hardback
circa 300 pp. More than 100 colour images including botanical paintings, photographs and maps.
ISBN: 9781842461419

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