15.02.2010 Kewbooks announces as forthcoming title Hong De-yuan's book Peonies of the world. We have long waited for it and we are looking forward to get it finally! You can order it online under the following link.
EXPECTED
APRIL 2010
The genus Paeonia is a famous group of plants that
has been culturally significant in both the East and West for
millennia, and is extensively cultivated for both ornamental and
medicine purposes. The cultivated tree peony is known as ‘The
King of Flowers’ in China, and the herbaceous peony was known
as ‘The Queen of Herbs’ in ancient Greece. This book
contains a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the genus based on
extensive field observations, population sampling, examination of
a large quantity of specimens (including type specimens) and
statistic analysis of characters.
Recognition of 32 species in
the book is a result of substantial taxonomic revision. The book
will satisfy readers not only with the taxonomy of Paeonia,
description and distribution, and other biological aspects of each
species, but also with the methodology and principles, on which
the taxonomic revision was based. A must have book for both plant
taxonomists and horticulturists.
312pp (e) 234 x 156mm. 80 line
drawings. 40 maps. Hardback.
ISBN: 9781842463925
14.02.2010 Many thanks to the Danish Peony Society for the invitation to their meeting on this weekend! It was a nice event and I enjoyed the stay in Copenhagen!
