Ginkgo : the tree that time forgot / Peter Crane ; with a foreword by Peter Raven.
Material type: TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2013.Description: xix, 384 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780300187519 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0300187513 (cloth : alk. paper)
- QK494.5.G48 C73 2013
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | SB414.G56 C72 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800142606 |
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.