Yucca

Yucca carnerosana

BOOKS

Yucca I (Agavaceae)

Review by Tony Mace Yucca 1
Dehiscent-fruited species in the Southwest and Midwest of the USA and Canada

ISBN 3-00-005946-6

Hard cover, glossy paper, 256 pages, 174 colour photos, more than 50 drawings (flowers, leaves, roots, capsules, seeds), 10 distribution maps

Published April 2000, Fritz Hochstätter
with Seed Morphology by Dr.Günter Hentzschel

English Translation by Chris Holland

German Summaries

Contents:

  • Introduction
  • Ecology
  • Pollination
  • Sections of the Genus Yucca Linnaeus
  • Dehiscent-fruited Yucca species
  • Photographs - Drawings - Distribution maps
  • Morphology and Anatomy of Yucca L. (Agavaceae) Seeds
  • Drawings of flowers, capsules and roots
  • First descriptions
  • Cultivation
  • Deutsche Zusammenfassung - German summaries
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • fh-Fieldnumbers (updated to 2000)

Yucca II (Agavaceae)

Review by Tony Mace Yucca II
Indehiscent-fruited species in the Southwest, Midwest and East of the USA.

ISBN 3-00-009008-8
Hard cover, glossy paper, 340 pages, 303 colour photos, 59 drawings (flowers, leaves, roots, capsules, seeds), 6 distribution maps, 42 SEMs, 2 tables

Published May 2002, Fritz Hochstätter
with Seed Morphology by Dr.Günter Hentzschel

English Translation by Chris Holland

German Summaries

Contents:

  • Abbreviations of Herbaria
  • Ecology
  • Desert Ecosystem
  • Indehiscent-fruited species
  • Morphology and Anatomy of Yucca L. (Agavaceae) Seeds
  • Cultivation
  • Photographs - Drawings - Distribution maps
  • Supplement - Dehiscent-fruited species
  • Deutsche Zusammenfassung - German summaries
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • fh-Fieldnumbers (updated to 2002)
  • Index of Scientific Names
  • Index of Common Names

Yucca III (Agavaceae) - Mexico.

Indehiscent-fruited species
Dehiscent-fruited species

ISBN 3-00-013124-8
Hard cover, glossy paper, pages 304. 252 colour photos, 7 maps, 8 drawings, 18 SEMs.

Published April/May 2004, Fritz Hochstätter
with Seed Morphology by Dr. Günter Hentzschel
English Translation by Chris Holland

German Summaries

Full Index (17K .pdf format)

Review by Tony Mace

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