Tulips: Taxonomy, Morphology, Cytology, Phytogeogr

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CRC Press, Jun 1, 1982 - Science - 640 pages
This text is a taxonomic source for the genus with information on the botanic species in the genus centres.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Short review of the study of Middle Asian tulips
3
General morphology of the tulip
11
Morphological descriptions of wild tulips of the Soviet Union
18
The Middle Asian centres of diversity of the genus Tulipa
74
Cytogenetic investigations of Middle Asian tulips
82
Polyploidy in tulips
116
The seed and its germination
120
Growth and development of the seedling
135
Growth of the juvenile leaves and the reproductive shoots after emergence
151
The annual cycle of the adult bulb
156
Changes in tulips caused by environmental influences
191
Bibliography
215
Index of plant names
225
Subject index
229
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