Book ID: 1013
BAUM, Bernard R.
Oats: Wild and Cultivated. A monograph of the genus Avena L. (Poaceae). 1977. (Biosystemat.Res.Institute, Monograph 14). 331 figs. 17 tabs. XV,463 p. gr8vo. Bound.
-This monograph is based mainly on the results of the dissection on manyavena specimens for the study of micromorphological characters. This tedious and painstaking effort was necessary in order to discover many new aspects of the organization and variation in Avena. - Contents(partly): General (Anatomy, Morphology, Archeology, Species Concepts,Generic Limits, Classification, Identification Keys)/ SystematicTreatment (Species and Hybrids, Distribution, Nomenclatural Notes,Phenology, etc.)/ Digest (giving all names given to various taxa recognized since Linnaeus, 1753).