Dendrology: Cones, Flowers, Fruits and Seeds
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Description
Key Features
- 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
Readership
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
Table of Contents
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