Book ID: 28477
MEUSEL, H. und A.KAESTNER
Lebensgeschichte der Gold-und Silberdisteln. Monographie der mediterran-mitteleuropaeischen Compositen-Gattung Carli- na. Band 1: Merkmalsspektren und Lebensraeume der Gattung. 1990.140 Fig. 7 Falt-Tabellen. 32 Tafeln. 294 S. 4to. Leinen.
Also publ. as vol. 127, Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften,Mathem.-Naturwiss.Klasse, Denkschriften. - Based on extensivecollections, field studies, and experiments with cultivated plants, thepresent monograph offers a comprehensive biological survey of the genusCarlina. Morphological, anatomical, karyological and phytochemicalcharacters are evaluated, the geographical distribution andphytocoenological behaviour is analyzed. A taxonomic conspectus ofCarlina (with 28 species) is presented. - Second hand copy. As new.