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.
Out of print. Two ex-library stamps. Else good copy.-This monograph is based mainly on the results of the dissection on manyavena specimens for the study of micromorphological characters. Thistedious and painstaking effort was necessary in order to discover manynew 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 taxarecognized since Linnaeus, 1753).