Ginkgo : the tree that time forgot /
Crane, Peter R.
Ginkgo : the tree that time forgot / Peter Crane ; with a foreword by Peter Raven. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2013. - xix, 384 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue. Time ; Trees ; Identity -- The living tree. Energy ; Growth ; Stature ; Sex ; Gender ; Seeding ; Resilience -- Origin and prehistory. Origins ; Ancestry ; Relationships ; Recognition ; Proliferation ; Winnowing ; Persistence ; Prosperity -- Decline and survival. Constraint ; Retreat ; Extinction ; Endurance ; Relic -- History. Antiquity ; Reprieve ; Voyages ; Renewal ; Naming ; Resurgence -- Use. Gardens ; Nuts ; Streets ; Pharmacy -- Future. Risk ; Insurance ; Gift ; Legacy -- Appendix. List of common plant names used in the text and Latin equivalents.
9780300187519 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300187513 (cloth : alk. paper)
2012032831
016251553 Uk
Ginkgo.
QK494.5.G48 / C73 2013
QK494.5.G48 / C73 2013
Ginkgo : the tree that time forgot / Peter Crane ; with a foreword by Peter Raven. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2013. - xix, 384 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue. Time ; Trees ; Identity -- The living tree. Energy ; Growth ; Stature ; Sex ; Gender ; Seeding ; Resilience -- Origin and prehistory. Origins ; Ancestry ; Relationships ; Recognition ; Proliferation ; Winnowing ; Persistence ; Prosperity -- Decline and survival. Constraint ; Retreat ; Extinction ; Endurance ; Relic -- History. Antiquity ; Reprieve ; Voyages ; Renewal ; Naming ; Resurgence -- Use. Gardens ; Nuts ; Streets ; Pharmacy -- Future. Risk ; Insurance ; Gift ; Legacy -- Appendix. List of common plant names used in the text and Latin equivalents.
9780300187519 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300187513 (cloth : alk. paper)
2012032831
016251553 Uk
Ginkgo.
QK494.5.G48 / C73 2013
QK494.5.G48 / C73 2013