Trees

A schematic, simplified and pragmatic classification of fruits is presented. This arrangement is principally based on external morphological characters. All fruit types are clarified by a few examples.

In the first of an occasional series of articles on tree species thought to be extinct in the wild, CAROL GURNEY introduces Amherstia nobilis (Fabaceae), which is spectacular in flower.

Araucaria araucana has its natural distribution in the Andes Mountains between 37o and 40o S and between 600 and 1800 m.a.s.l. Around 1960 its distribution area was estimated at 250,000 - 300,000 ha, with 75% on the Chilean side of the...

The conference opened in Auckland on Thursday morning with Professor David de Laubenfels, who has described more of the currently-accepted species in the family than any other scientist, presenting a controversial paper on ‘New...

Following the RHS Woody Plants Committee meeting on the 18 September 2008 at Wisley, HUGH McALLISTER AND KEITH RUSHFORTH thought it might be helpful to draw together their personal conclusions on the Thibetica group within the genus...