Lime-Trees and Basswoods: A Biological Monograph of the Genus Tilia Book

Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: the Tiliaceae and genus Tilia; 2. General morphology of Tilia; Appendix. Glossary of terms used in descriptions; 3. Cellular anatomy; 4. A brief history of taxonomy of the genus; 5. Taxonomic revision: concepts and methods of description; 6. Chromosome numbers, molecular biology and hybridization; 7. Geographic and ecological data; 8. European and west Asian taxa; 9. East Asian taxa 1: sections Endochrysea, Henryana and Anastraea; 10. East Asian taxa 2: section Astrophilyra; 11. American taxa; 12. Geological history of the genus; 13. Physiological ecology of Tilia; 14. Floral and reproductive ecology of Tilia; 15. Association of Tilia with human activity; 16. Propagation and cultivation; Appendix 1. Herbarium codes; Appendix 2. A brief explanation of physical and chemical terms and concepts used in the ecological sections; Bibliography; Index.