The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants
A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass

The definitive manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental flowering plants, thoroughly updated to include the latest taxonomic knowledge.

James Cullen (Edited by), Sabina G. Knees (Edited by), H. Suzanne Cubey (Edited by)

9780521761512, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 11 August 2011

652 pages, 59 b/w illus.
28.4 x 22.8 x 3.2 cm, 1.81 kg

The European Garden Flora is the definitive manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental flowering plants. Designed to meet the highest scientific standards, the vocabulary has nevertheless been kept as uncomplicated as possible so that the work is fully accessible to the informed gardener as well as to the professional botanist. This new edition has been thoroughly reorganised and revised, bringing it into line with modern taxonomic knowledge. Although European in name, the Flora covers plants cultivated in most areas of the United States and Canada as well as in non-tropical parts of Asia and Australasia. Volume 2 contains accounts of the first 71 families of Dicotyledons, including the Aizoaceae and Cactaceae (large and important families of succulents), as well as many tree families (Juglandaceae, Betulaceae, Fagaceae, Ulmaceae) and popular herbaceous plants (Ranunculaceae, Papaveraceae, Cruciferae).

List of maps and figures
List of contributors to the 1st edition
Preface to the 2nd edition
Preface to the 1st edition
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Key to families
61. Casuarinaceae
62. Myricaceae
63. Juglandaceae
64. Salicaceae
65. Betulaceae
66. Corylaceae
67. Fagaceae
68. Ulmaceae
69. Eucommiaceae
70. Moraceae
71. Cannabaceae
72. Urticaceae
73. Proteaceae
74. Olacaceae
75. Santalaceae
76. Loranthaceae
77. Viscaceae
78. Polygonaceae
79. Phytolaccaceae
80. Nyctaginaceae
81. Aizoaceae
82. Portulacaceae
83. Basellaceae
84. Caryophyllaceae
85. Illecebraceae
86. Chenopodiaceae
87. Amaranthaceae
88. Cactaceae
89. Didiereaceae
90. Magnoliaceae
91. Winteraceae
92. Annonaceae
93. Myristicaceae
94. Canellaceae
95. Schisandraceae
96. Illiciaceae
97. Monimiaceae
98. Calycanthaceae
99. Lauraceae
100. Tetracentraceae
101. Trochodendraceae
102. Eupteleaceae
103. Cercidiphyllaceae
104. Ranunculaceae
105. Glaucidiaceae
106. Berberidaceae
107. Lardizabalaceae
108. Menispermaceae
109. Nymphaeaceae
110. Cabombaceae
111. Nelumbonaceae
112. Ceratophyllaceae
113. Saururaceae
114. Piperaceae
115. Chloranthaceae
116. Aristolochiaceae
117. Dilleniaceae
118. Paeoniaceae
119. Eucryphiaceae
120. Actinidiaceae
121. Ochnaceae
122. Theaceae
123. Marcgraviaceae
124. Guttiferae
125. Sarraceniaceae
126. Nepenthaceae
127. Droseraceae
128. Papaveraceae
129. Fumariaceae
130. Capparidaceae
131. Cruciferae
Glossary
Index.

Subject Areas: Horticulture [TVS], Botany & plant sciences [PST]