Lime-trees and Basswoods

"Tilia is the type genus of the family name Tiliaceae Juss. (1789), and T. x europaea L. the type of the generic name (Jarvis et al. 1993). Members of Tiliaceae have many morphological characters in common with those of Malvaceae Juss. (1789) and both families were placed in the order Malvales by Engler (1912). In Engler's treatment, Tiliaceae consisted mainly of trees and shrubs belonging to several genera, including a few herbaceous genera, almost all occurring in the warmer regions. This treatment wasrevised by Engler and Diels (1936). The family was retained by Cronquist (1981) and consisted of about 50 genera and 700 species distributed in the tropics and warmer parts of the temperate zones in Asia, Africa, southern Europe and America. Several genera of trees, such as Apeiba in South America and Tilia itself, are of economic value for timber, and similarly the herbaceous genus, Corchorus, includes C. olitorius which is grown extensively in Bengal as the source of a brown fibre, jute, used for string, cloth ('hessian'), formerly carpet-backing and paper"--

Autorentext
Donald Pigott is a past director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden and former Professor of Biology and Head of Department at the University of Lancaster. He has spent over fifteen years extending his earlier studies of the genus Tilia to cover its full natural range from Japan and China, to Europe, eastern North America and Mexico.

Klappentext
Analyses the biology, ecology and geographical distribution of lime trees, using extensive field data to clarify their notoriously confusing taxonomy.

Zusammenfassung
Clarifies the notoriously confused and controversial taxonomy of lime trees, presenting data from extensive field studies of natural populations around the world. Detailed descriptions and illustrations are provided for all recognised taxa, along with more general examinations of lime tree ecology, morphology and horticulture.

Inhalt
Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: the Tiliaceae and genus Tilia; 2. General morphology of Tilia; Appendix. Glossary of terms used in descriptions; 3. Cellular anatomy; 4. A brief history of taxonomy of the genus; 5. Taxonomic revision: concepts and methods of description; 6. Chromosome numbers, molecular biology and hybridization; 7. Geographic and ecological data; 8. European and west Asian taxa; 9. East Asian taxa 1: sections Endochrysea, Henryana and Anastraea; 10. East Asian taxa 2: section Astrophilyra; 11. American taxa; 12. Geological history of the genus; 13. Physiological ecology of Tilia; 14. Floral and reproductive ecology of Tilia; 15. Association of Tilia with human activity; 16. Propagation and cultivation; Appendix 1. Herbarium codes; Appendix 2. A brief explanation of physical and chemical terms and concepts used in the ecological sections; Bibliography; Index.

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