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)

9780521761604, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 11 August 2011

640 pages, 38 b/w illus.
28.3 x 22.5 x 3 cm, 1.76 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 4 contains accounts of 82 families, mostly rather small, but including the Primulaceae (with Primula as its largest genus) and Ericaceae (with Rhododendron, the largest genus in the Flora).

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
179. Aquifoliaceae
180. Corynocarpaceae
181. Celastraceae
182. Staphyleaceae
183. Stackhousiaceae
184. Buxaceae
185. Simmondsiaceae
186. Icacinaceae
187. Rhamnaceae
188. Vitaceae
189. Leeaceae
190. Elaeocarpaceae
191. Tiliaceae
192. Malvaceae
193. Bombacaceae
194. Sterculiaceae
195. Thymelaeaceae
196. Elaeagnaceae
197. Flacourtiaceae
198. Violaceae
199. Stachyuraceae
200. Turneraceae
201. Passifloraceae
202. Cistaceae
203. Bixaceae
204. Cochlospermaceae
205. Tamaricaceae
206. Frankeniaceae
207. Elatinaceae
208. Caricaceae
209. Loasaceae
210. Datiscaceae
211. Begoniaceae
212. Cucurbitaceae
213. Lythraceae
214. Trapaceae
215. Myrtaceae
216. Punicaceae
217. Lecythidaceae
218. Melastomataceae
219. Combretaceae
220. Onagraceae
221. Haloragaceae
222. Gunneraceae
223. Hippuridaceae
224. Alangiaceae
225. Nyssaceae
226. Davidiaceae
227. Griseliniaceae
228. Cornaceae
229. Helwingiaceae
230. Aucubaceae
231. Garryaceae
232. Araliaceae
233. Umbelliferae
234. Diapensiaceae
235. Clethraceae
236. Pyrolaceae
237. Ericaceae
238. Empetraceae
239. Epacridaceae
240. Theophrastaceae
241. Myrsinaceae
242. Primulaceae
243. Plumbaginaceae
244. Sapotaceae
245. Ebenaceae
246. Styracaceae
247. Symplocaceae
248. Oleaceae
249. Loganiaceae
250. Desfontainiaceae
251. Gentianaceae
252. Menyanthaceae
253. Apocynaceae
254. Asclepiadaceae
255. Rubiaceae
256. Polemoniaceae
257. Cobaeaceae
258. Fouquieriaceae
259. Convolvulaceae
260. Hydrophyllaceae
Glossary
Index.

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