Dendrology: Cones, Flowers, Fruits and Seeds

Dendrology: Cones, Flowers, Fruits and Seeds offers a comprehensive overview of the morphology of reproductive organs of woody plants of Europe in one resource. The book contains 2020 woody taxa (845 species, 58 subspecies, 38 varieties, 13 forms, 40 hybrids and 1026 cultivars), belonging to 400 genera and 121 families. It includes 447 taxa of trees and shrubs that are autochthonous in Europe and numerous ornamental species that originate from North America, Asia, South America, Australia and Africa, along with invasive woody species. Accompanied by thousands of original photographs, the book is designed to efficiently guide the reader to accurate identification.

Other features include taxa organized in alphabetical order of their botanical names, flowering and fruiting time, mode of fruit or seed dispersal, and distribution range, making this a must-have reference for students and researchers in dendrology, botany, forestry, forest management and conservation, arboriculture and horticulture.

• Includes 2,020 taxa of trees and shrubs important for the European dendrology
• Provides detailed descriptions of reproductive organs and data on the reproductive biology of the described taxa
• Contains 6,644 original, high-quality photographs of habits, cones, flowers, fruits and seeds

Students, professors, and researchers with an interest in botany, dendrology, ornamental woody plants, forestry, urban forestry, agronomy, horticulture, plant propagation or growth and landscape architecture

1 Introduction

1.1 Gymnosperms

1.1.1 Male reproductive structure

1.1.2 Female reproductive structure

1.2 Angiosperms

1.2.1 Flowers

1.2.1.1 Flower structure

1.2.1.1.1 Receptacle (receptaculum)

1.2.1.1.2 Perianth (perianthium)

1.2.1.1.3 Androecium (androeceum)

1.2.1.1.4 Gynoecium (gynaeceum)

1.2.1.2 Floral symmetry

1.2.1.3 Floral diagram and floral formula

1.2.1.4 Flower sexuality and sexual systems of species

1.2.1.5 Pollination

1.2.1.6 Arrangement of flowers on the stem

1.2.2 Fruits

1.3 Seeds

2 Classification of described woody seed plants

3 Description of cones, flowers, fruits and seeds of woody seed plants

4 Bibliography

5 Index of botanical names

6 Index of common names