RHS Meconopsis Trial Report

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

RHS Meconopsis Trial Report TRIAL REPORT 2010-2013 Big Perennial Blue-Flowered Meconopsis (Papaveraceae) Andrew Mcseveney, Trials Office The Royal Horticultural Society Garden, Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB RHS BIG PERENNIAL BLUE POPPY TRIAL, HARLOW CARR TRIAL OF BIG PERENNIAL BLUE POPPIES (Meconopsis) FOR THE AWARD OF GARDEN MERIT Dr Christopher Grey-Wilson (Chairman, Joint Rock Garden Plant Committee) and Dr Evelyn Stevens (on behalf of The Meconopsis Group). Trials by the RHS have been held traditionally on the Trials Field at Wisley and most of them still are. This would have been an unfortunate site to carry out a trial of the big perennial blue poppies (Meconopsis) as the dry, warm climate undoubtedly would have meant they would probably not have survived, let alone be given Awards of Garden Merit. Therefore it was pleasing when the RHS decided to carry out this trial and to hold it at its most northerly garden, Harlow Carr, in Yorkshire. The trial was set up in 2010 and at its meeting in June 2013 the trial panel decided to give the Award of Garden Merit to ten cultivars. The award to the one and only cultivar already having the award was reconfirmed. This award, the highest accolade to a plant made by the RHS, indicates that it has been judged by an appropriate committee to be of outstanding excellence in the garden. Criteria include distinctiveness, ease of cultivation, hardiness, reliability and floriferousness. BACKGROUND TO THE TRIAL Investigations prior to 1998 indicated that there existed considerable confusion in the correct identity of many of the big perennial blue poppies (Meconopsis) found growing in British gardens, especially in Scotland, Ireland and the north of England. With the prime aim of sorting this out, a study group, The Meconopsis Group, was founded, with its first meeting at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in September 1998. The RBGE has been very supportive of the Group’s activities ever since. People known to be interested in the genus were invited to join the Group, and, if possible, to donate plants for an Identification Trial. Many plants were received and these were planted out, as far as possible, like with like, in a bed in the RBGE’s nursery so that they could be compared morphologically. On this basis, and also taking into consideration provenance and historical details (as far as known), the process of identifying and naming the different plants was begun. Several people with a particular knowledge of the genus were invited to serve on identification and naming committee. The conclusions reached by the committee are then put before the membership at The Meconopsis Group meetings for approval. Most of the big perennial blue poppies in cultivation were found to be sterile clones and therefore it seemed possible and worthwhile to do this work. All the plants were given holding numbers, MG1, 2, 3 etc. Some of the clones were quite readily and quickly identified. After careful observation over a number of years, others were recognised as distinct and many have been given formal cultivar names by The Meconopsis Group. Two views of the trial at Harlow Carr Final Report for Trial No. 1888 – Meconopsis, Big Perennial Blue –Flowered 2010- 2013 RHS BIG PERENNIAL BLUE POPPY TRIAL, HARLOW CARR Part of the duplicate trial photographed at Holehird Garden The remainder are still only known by their MG numbers. Hopefully, some of these will be named in the not-too-distant future. CLASSIFICATION OF THE PLANTS In order to help with identifying and naming the big perennial blue poppy cultivars, three Groups were established. Each cultivar was to be assigned to a Group (A, B, C below) based on its phenotypic characteristics. However, it was soon found that some do not readily fit into one of these Groups and these are classified under D below (“Stand-alone” cultivars) and there are also species’ cultivars, in this instance Meconopsis grandis cultivars (E). A George Sherriff Group B Infertile Blue Group C Fertile Blue Group D “Stand-alone” cultivars (Note: this category is not an established Group*) E Meconopsis grandis cultivars A Group is a formal category denoting an assemblage of cultivars, individual plants or assemblages of plants on the basis of defined similarity” as defined in the “International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants” (ICNCP). It is important to note that the Groups are more of practical value than of any important taxonomic significance. They have been generally well accepted by the horticultural world and are used currently in the ‘RHS Plant Finder’. Also, it appears that this classification is helpful to gardeners not yet familiar with the plants. With further research over the years, it has become apparent that some cultivars originally placed in Fertile Blue and Infertile Blue Groups, would be better reclassified as “stand alone” cultivars. The Groups and “Stand-alone” categories were used in the RHS’s lay-out of the trial and in the records made. They are defined briefly here: RHS BIG PERENNIAL BLUE POPPY TRIAL, HARLOW CARR A. GEORGE SHERRIFF GROUP A number (maybe over 20) of sterile clonal cultivars previously known collectively by the invalid name M. grandis GS600 and presumed to have arisen from George Sherriff ’s collection of M. grandis subsp. orientalis seed in eastern Bhutan in 1934, with collection number GS600 (this strictly speaking should be L&S600). They are recognised readily by a combination of characters: i. the emerging rosette of leaves where the leaves tend to be broad and spreading, are suffused with red-purple pigmentation and densely clothed with short hairs (M. ‘Dalemain’, p.22), ii. the broadly elliptic mature leaves, iii. flowering is later than in most cultivars and the flowers may be a pure blue but often have a purplish/mauve cast (M. ‘Dalemain’, p.22) and iv) by the fruit capsules comprising broadly ellipsoid capsule bodies covered densely with short bristles, and styles and stigmas which are not over-large. Examples of the eight clones which have been named are M. ‘Dalemain’, M. ‘Ascreavie’, M. ‘Susan’s Reward’. B INFERTILE BLUE GROUP This Group encompasses the remainder of the long-standing sterile clonal cultivars. Cultivars in this Group are clearly more disparate and not as closely related as those in George Sherriff Group. These long-standing clones arising, as we believe before 1935, cannot have subspecies orientalis in their parentage as the seed of the latter was only collected in 1934: they must be descendants of M. grandis subsp. grandis from Nepal and/or Sikkim. Examples are M. ‘Slieve Donard’, M. ‘Mrs Jebb’. C. FERTILE BLUE GROUP Fertile, seed-raised cultivars. This Group was established to comprise hybrid cultivars that produce viable seeds that will germinate to produce new generations of plants. To date, the most significant is M. ‘Lingholm’. Another which was placed in this Group, and classed as such in the trial, was ‘Mop- head’, but it has become clear that this was not a wise classification and it should really be classed as “stand alone” (D). It produces little or no seed and this does not appear to breed true. D “STAND-ALONE” CULTIVARS. These are cultivars that do not fit readily into A, B or C above. With furthering of our knowledge of the big blue poppies, there has been an increase in the number of cultivars either placed, Part of the National Collection of big perennial blue poppies at The Linns, Dunblane, Perthshire. Final Report for Trial No. 1888 – Meconopsis, Big Perennial Blue –Flowered 2010- 2013 RHS BIG PERENNIAL BLUE POPPY TRIAL, HARLOW CARR or should be placed, in this category. Examples are M. ‘Keillour’, M. ‘Inverewe’, M. ‘Marit’. E MECONOPSIS GRANDIS CULTIVARS e.g. M. grandis ‘Himal Sky’ As the work of identifying and naming progressed, The Meconopsis Group management committee decided that a trial of the big perennial blue poppies for the Award of Garden Merit (AGM) would be desirable, so an approach was made to the RHS. Their Joint Rock Garden Plant Committee (JRGPC) took up this proposal. Over several years this committee, which judges plants, as exhibition plants, has made 14 awards to Meconopsis as follows: AWARDS OF MERIT (AM), not to be confused with AGM (Award of Garden Merit): ‘P.C. Abildgaard’, ‘Barney’s Blue’, ‘Crewdson Hybrid’, ‘Huntfield’, ‘Jimmy Bayne’, ‘Lingholm’, ‘Marit’ and ‘Mrs Jebb’. PRELIMINARY COMMENDATION (PC): ‘Ascreavie’, ‘Bobby Masterton’, ‘Maggie Sharp’, ‘Willie Duncan’, ‘Mildred’ and ‘Strathspey’. However, it is important to note that the big perennial blue poppies are not really plants for exhibition in pots, so it seemed important to assess them further for their worth in an open garden environment, that is to have them assessed for Awards of Garden Merit (AGMs). THE TRIAL FOR THE AWARD OF GARDEN MERIT (AGM) In due course, a trial for the Award of Garden Merit was staged at the RHS’s garden at Harlow Carr, North Yorkshire, between 2010 and 2013, with the final assessment being made in June 2013. The assessment process For the assessments to be made a panel was formed from members of the RHS’ Joint Rock Garden Plant Committee (JRGPC). The Panel was made up as follows: Mary Randall (Chair), Chris Brickell*, Peter Erskine, Alan Furness, Chris Grey-Wilson*, John Mitchell, John Richards, Early June at The Linns, the peak flowering time for the big blue poppies RHS BIG PERENNIAL BLUE POPPY TRIAL, HARLOW CARR Sandy Leven, Ian Christie*, Geoff Hill*, Beryl McNaughton*, Evelyn Stevens* and Pat Murphy*. Andrew McSeveney is the RHS’s Trials’ Secretary. Those marked with an * are genus Meconopsis specialists. Geoff Hill, Beryl McNaughton, Pat Murphy and Evelyn Stevens were co-opted to advise and help in the assessment of the various entries.
Recommended publications
  • Phylogeography of a Tertiary Relict Plant, Meconopsis Cambrica (Papaveraceae), Implies the Existence of Northern Refugia for a Temperate Herb
    Article (refereed) - postprint Valtueña, Francisco J.; Preston, Chris D.; Kadereit, Joachim W. 2012 Phylogeography of a Tertiary relict plant, Meconopsis cambrica (Papaveraceae), implies the existence of northern refugia for a temperate herb. Molecular Ecology, 21 (6). 1423-1437. 10.1111/j.1365- 294X.2012.05473.x Copyright © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. This version available http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/17105/ NERC has developed NORA to enable users to access research outputs wholly or partially funded by NERC. Copyright and other rights for material on this site are retained by the rights owners. Users should read the terms and conditions of use of this material at http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/policies.html#access This document is the author’s final manuscript version of the journal article, incorporating any revisions agreed during the peer review process. Some differences between this and the publisher’s version remain. You are advised to consult the publisher’s version if you wish to cite from this article. The definitive version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com Contact CEH NORA team at [email protected] The NERC and CEH trademarks and logos (‘the Trademarks’) are registered trademarks of NERC in the UK and other countries, and may not be used without the prior written consent of the Trademark owner. 1 Phylogeography of a Tertiary relict plant, Meconopsis cambrica 2 (Papaveraceae), implies the existence of northern refugia for a 3 temperate herb 4 Francisco J. Valtueña*†, Chris D. Preston‡ and Joachim W. Kadereit† 5 *Área de Botánica, Facultad deCiencias, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda. de Elvas, s.n.
    [Show full text]
  • Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of London
    I 3 2044 105 172"381 : JOURNAL OF THE llopl lortimltoal fbck EDITED BY Key. GEORGE HEXSLOW, ALA., E.L.S., F.G.S. rtanical Demonstrator, and Secretary to the Scientific Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. VOLUME VI Gray Herbarium Harvard University LOXD N II. WEEDE & Co., PRINTERS, BEOMPTON. ' 1 8 8 0. HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIUM. THE GIFT 0F f 4a Ziiau7- m 3 2044 i"05 172 38" J O U E N A L OF THE EDITED BY Eev. GEOEGE HENSLOW, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. Botanical Demonstrator, and Secretary to the Scientific Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. YOLUME "VI. LONDON: H. WEEDE & Co., PRINTERS, BROMPTON, 1 8 80, OOUITOIL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 1 8 8 0. Patron. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. President. The Eight Honourable Lord Aberdare. Vice- Presidents. Lord Alfred S. Churchill. Arthur Grote, Esq., F.L.S. Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bt., M.P. H. J". Elwes, Esq. Treasurer. Henry "W ebb, Esq., Secretary. Eobert Hogg, Esq., LL.D., F.L.S. Members of Council. G. T. Clarke, Esq. W. Haughton, Esq. Colonel R. Tretor Clarke. Major F. Mason. The Rev. H. Harpur Crewe. Sir Henry Scudamore J. Denny, Esq., M.D. Stanhope, Bart. Sir Charles "W. Strickland, Bart. Auditors. R. A. Aspinall, Esq. John Lee, Esq. James F. West, Esq. Assistant Secretary. Samuel Jennings, Esq., F.L S. Chief Clerk J. Douglas Dick. Bankers. London and County Bank, High Street, Kensington, W. Garden Superintendent. A. F. Barron. iv ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE, 1880. Chairman. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, K.C.S.I., M.D., C.B.,F.R.S., V.P.L.S., Royal Gardens, Kew.
    [Show full text]
  • Meconopsis (PDF)
    Flora of China 7: 262–278. 2008. 2. MECONOPSIS Viguier, Hist. Nat. Pavots Argémones, 48. 1814. 绿绒蒿属 lü rong hao shu Zhang Mingli (张明理); Christopher Grey-Wilson Herbs, monocarpic or perennial, yellow lactiferous. Taproot distinct in monocarpic species, plump, extended or napiform thick- ened, accompanied by fibrous roots, or fibrous. Stems, when present, branched or not, bristly, setose, pubescent, or glabrous. Leaves cauline and basal or all basal and forming a rosette; rosette leaves persistent in winter or dying away to a resting bud or buds; blade entire, serrate, or pinnatifid to pinnate, glabrous to bristly; basal leaves and lower cauline leaves usually petiolate; upper cauline leaves shortly petiolate or sessile, sometimes amplexicaul. Inflorescence a raceme, panicle, or pseudoumbel, with uppermost flower opening first, or flowers solitary, then often on basal scapes. Flowers large, often bowl- or saucer-shaped. Sepals 2, very rarely 3 or 4 in terminal flowers, caducous. Petals 4–10, occasionally more, blue, purple, pink, red, or yellow, rarely white. Stamens numerous; filaments mostly linear, rarely dilated in lower part. Ovary nearly spherical, ovoid, or obovoid to narrowly terete, 1-loculed, with 3 or more carpels, containing numerous ovules; styles distinct, usually short, sometimes almost absent, regularly stout or basally expanding into a disk covering top of ovary; stigmas free or united, capitate or clavate. Capsule nearly spherical, ovoid, obovoid, or elliptic to cylindrical, spiny, setose, pubescent, or glabrous, 3–12(–18)-valvate; segments slightly lobed or divided to 1/3 length or more from apex to base. Seeds many, ovoid, reniform, falcate-oblong, or oblong, smooth or longitudinally concave, without a caruncle.
    [Show full text]
  • Germination Studies of Critically Endangered Medicinal Angiosperm
    Arom & at al ic in P l ic a n Ahmad et al., Med Aromat Plants (Los Angeles) 2018, 7:1 d t e s M Medicinal & Aromatic Plants DOI: 10.4172/ 2167-0412.1000315 ISSN: 2167-0412 Research Article Open Access Germination Studies of Critically Endangered Medicinal Angiosperm Plant Species Meconopsis aculeta Royle Endemic to Kashmir Himalaya, India: A multipurpose Species Mudasar Ahmad1,2*, Tareq A Wani1, Zahoor A Kaloo1, Bashir A Ganai1, Ubaid Yaqoob3 and Hilal A Ganaie2 1Plant Tissue Culture Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India 2Phytochemistry Research Laboratory, Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India 3Department of Botany, Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India *Corresponding author: Mudasar Ahmad, Plant Tissue Culture Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir-190006, India, Tel: +919848022338; E-mail: [email protected] Received date: February 08, 2018; Accepted date: February 19, 2018; Published date: February 24, 2018 Copyright: © 2018 Ahmad M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Abstract The critically endangered and perennial alpine endemic angiosperm, Meconopsis aculeta Royle inhabit such habitats in the Kashmir Himalaya that are characterized by short growing season and heavy snow cover for about 3-4 months during winter season. The seeds of this species under natural conditions experience a long period of pre-chilling during winter prior to their germination in following spring season.
    [Show full text]
  • Exploring Chinese Meconopsis
    Exploring Chinese Meconopsis. Alan Oatway. Alan’s talk was based on three separate visits to China. He began the talk by introducing his musical sub-title: “There are more questions than answers and the more I find out the less I know”. (With apologies to Johnny Nash) This sums up the difficulties in identifying many of the plants seen. He spoke of the visits covering a large tract of country, from the far north of Sichuan to the far south of Yunnan. This is a distance of some 1,000 miles with the far north being the same latitude as Casablanca. Naturally, the climate and growing conditions vary hugely across such a large area. The first poppies he discussed were the large yellows. In the far north, Farrer’s lampshade poppy, the yellow flowered M. integrifolia ssp. integrifolia, was seen, in meadows and scrub. This location accords with its distribution described in the monograph. Its key features being upward facing flowers, lower down they may be side facing, three parallel veins in the leaf and the style coming down onto the side of the capsule. The word to describe this feature is decurrent. M. integrifolia was also seen from the boardwalk at Huanglong where it was difficult to get close enough to examine the plants in detail. Here the veins in the leaf were parallel, but the flowers were fully open and lateral-facing. Further south, in the north of Yunnan, another yellow poppy was seen; M. lijiangensis where the flowers are described as either being upward or side facing.
    [Show full text]
  • The Himalayan Blue Poppy for the Cut Flower
    Ben Ziegler HORT4141W Review Paper Phase 3 10MAY2020 The Mysterious Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’- The Himalayan Blue Poppy for the Cut Flower Industry Ben Ziegler University of Minnesota 10 MAY 2020 Executive summary: The lineage and potential commercial uses of the Himalayan Blue Poppy ‘Lingholm’ are detailed in this paper. A literature review of ‘Lingholm’, its known growing conditions, close relatives (Meconopsis spp) native to Nepal and Bhutan, cultivated relatives in the “Fertile Blue Group’ of Himalayan poppies in the West, and ‘Lingholm’s’ taxonomy and characteristics related to them are mapped out. Much misidentification of ‘Lingholm’ and its relatives have crept into gardens in the past, and its taxonomic description, along with close relatives ‘Slieve Donard’, M. baileyi, and M. grandis are detailed. ‘Lingholm’ is a striking blue poppy that is suitable for outdoor growth in limited cool-temperate environments, however, it requires a narrow set of growth parameters that many of the home or display gardens of the world can’t reproduce. Since this flower has exceptional looks and also large amounts of viable seed that some of its other cultivated relatives don’t have, the potential for this flower to enter the cut flower market is higher than others from the Meconopsis genus. Other Meconopsis have similar looks and growth habit, but must be propagated by division, reducing the chances to enter the cut market substantially. The hypothetical introduction to the horticultural production chain is discussed and a preliminary product information guide is constructed herein, although this flower yet needs substantial research concerning precise photoperiods, plant growth regulators (PGRs), programmability, harvesting and handling, and post-harvest storage.
    [Show full text]
  • SRGC BULB LOG DIARY---Pictures and Text © Ian Young
    SRGC ----- Bulb Log Diary ----- ISSN 2514-6114 Pictures and text © Ian Young BULB LOG 24.....................13th June 2018 Meconopsis baileyi Gardeners are always talking about the plants we “grow” however the plants grow themselves, we have to either choose those that will grow in our conditions or make such adaptions to the habitat to allow them to grow. All the Meconopsis baileyi in these pictures seeded themselves and so choose where they would grow just as they would in nature. Most plants produce large numbers of seeds that when ripe are scattered randomly; many will fall on ‘stony ground’ but some will drop onto favourable growing conditions where they will thrive. A valuable lesson I learned early on was that a good gardener is a gardener who discovers which plants grow well for them. Of course we all want to extend the number of plants we grow and take on some of the challenging ones but you will make life easier and your garden better if the core of your planting has plants that are easy in your conditions. Now many of you in hotter drier areas will be looking with envy at the way these Meconopsis seed around and grow so well here but I can assure you that I look back with equal envy at some of the plants that prefer your hotter drier conditions and that we cannot grow. Papaver cambricum (syn. Meconopsis cambrica) Some plants seem able to adapt to most growing conditions and Papaver cambricum is among those in fact it grows so well that many a gardener designates it a weed and tries to eradicate it.
    [Show full text]
  • Diversity and Distribution of the Genus Meconopsis Vig . (Papaveraceae) in the Indian Himalayan Region
    Pleione 14(2): 323 - 329. 2020. ISSN: 0973-9467 © East Himalayan Society for Spermatophyte Taxonomy doi:10.26679/Pleione.14.2.2020.323-329 Diversity and distribution of the genus Meconopsis Vig . (Papaveraceae) in the Indian Himalayan region K.S. Kanwal G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (NIHE), Himachal Regional Centre, Mohal Kullu, Himachal Pradesh – 175 126, India E-mail: [email protected] Abstract The present work provides a comprehensive overview of status and distribution of genus Meconopsis Vig .( Papaveraceae) in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR). Critical assessment of published literature and herbarium records on the diversity, distribution and endemism of the genus Meconopsis Vig. have been carried for the review. A total 22 taxa of Meconopsis is recorded from the IHR, out of which only 7 are reported to the Western Himalayan region (Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh UT), whereas Eastern Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal (Darjeeling Hills) is enriched with 19 taxa and 5 taxa are observed common for Western and Eastern Himalayan region. Highest Meconopsis diversity was observed in Arucnhal Pradesh (13 taxa) followed by Sikkim (11 taxa). Several new taxa viz. Meconopsis gakyidiana, M. prainiana var. prainiana, M. prainiana var. lutea, M. merakensis var. merakensis, M. merakensis var. albolutea and M. baileyi subsp. Pratensis are recently recorded from Arunchal Pradesh. The Meconopsis taxa are mainly distributed in the alpine ecosystem ranging from 3000-4200 masl. Conservation strategy is also proposed for protection of Meconopsis taxa in the IHR. Key words Meconopsis, Papaveraceae, Distribution, Indian Himalayan Region, Conservation INTRODUCTION European species, Papaver cambricum L.
    [Show full text]
  • Conservation Status Assessment of Meconopsis Aculeata Royle; a Threatened Endemic of Pakistan and Kashmir
    Pak. J. Bot ., 47(SI): 1-5, 2015. CONSERVATION STATUS ASSESSMENT OF MECONOPSIS ACULEATA ROYLE; A THREATENED ENDEMIC OF PAKISTAN AND KASHMIR ABDUL MAJID 1*, HABIB AHMAD 2*, ZAFEER SAQIB 3, HAIDER ALI 4 AND JAN ALAM 1 1Department of Botany, Hazara University, Mansehra 2Department of Genetics, Hazara University, Mansehra 3Department of Environmental Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad 4Centre for Plant Sciences and Biodiversity, University of Swat *Corresponding authors email address: [email protected], [email protected] Abstract Aim of the present study was to determine the conservation status of Meconopsis aculeata Royle (Papaveraceae), a threatened endemic, confined to the Himalayan ranges of Pakistan and Kashmir. Detailed studies were conducted following IUCN Categories and Criteria covering an area of 92,000Km 2. Census were performed by counting potentially reproductive individuals. A single sub populations could be found with an average of 39 mature individuals per year, while no individual could be recorded from the other previously reported locality. Estimated Extent of Occurrence was calculated to be less than 100km 2 (23Km 2) and Area of Occupancy as 20km 2 only. Collection for medicinal purposes, overgrazing and snow avalanches were among the more severe threats. Based on limited population size, small geographic range, habitat quality and anthropogenic activities, species is assigned Critically Endangered (CR) category at regional level. Establishment of reserves in the core habitat of species along with ex-situ conservation is recommended for conservation. Key words: Meconopsis aculeata , Papaveraceae, endemic, IUCN, Critically Endangered Fig. 1. Meconopsis aculeata Royle, A. habit; B. flowering and fruiting. Introduction Turnhout et al ., 2012).
    [Show full text]
  • Library Catalog by Author
    HPSO Library Catalog sorted by Author Dec. 10, 2020 CALL AUTHOR TITLE CALL CATEGORY CALL# LETTERS Ackerman, Diane Cultivating Delight LITERATURE 800 ACK Adams, Dave Winter Care VIDEO: Winter 999 ADA Adams, Denise Wiles Restoring American Gardens DESIGN: Specific Flowers 757 ADA Adams, George Birdscaping Your Garden NHG: Wildlife 763 ADA Adams, George Gardening for the Birds NHG:Wildlife 763 ADA Adams, Ian Art of Garden Photography, The PHOTOGRAPHY 157 ADA Adams, James Landscaping With Herbs HERBS 540 ADA Adams, Peter D. Bonsai Design Japanese Maples BONSAI 570 ADA Adams, Peter D. Bonsai with Japanese Maples BONSAI 570 ADA Adams, William Howard Grounds For Change GARDEN HISTORY 710 ADA Addkison, Andrew R 100 Garden Plans DESIGN: Conditions 750 ADD Adkins, Dorcas Simple Fountains WATER GARDENS 780 ADK Adler, Bill Jr. Outwitting Deer PEST MGMT: Animals 431 ADL Adler, Bill, Jr Outwitting Squirrels PEST MGMT: Animals 431 ADL Aiello, Amy Bryant, and Bryant, Terrarium Craft ARTS/CRAFTS 150 AIE Kate Albers, John J. Northwest Garden Manifesto, The SUSTAINABILITY 441 ALB Alexander, Rosemary English Gardening School, The DESIGN: European 734 ALE Alexander, Rosemary Essential Garden Design Wookbook, The DESIGN 730 ALE Alexander, Rosemary Essential Garden Maintenance Workbook, The GEN'L MAINTAINENCE 490 ALE Alexander, Rosemary Handbook For Garden Designers DESIGN 730 ALE Allaby, Michael Gardener's Guide to Weather and Climate ENVIRONMENT 140 ALL GARDENING: Gen'l and American Horticultural Society New Encyclopedia of Gardening Techniques 500 AME Reference Ammer, Christine Dictonary of Cliches ON WRITING 825 AMM DESIGN: Amos, Sharon Tough Plants 750 AMO Conditions/Wet/Dry/Difficult Anderson, Edward F.
    [Show full text]
  • Lectotypification of Papaver Cambricum L. (Papaveraceae)
    Lectotypification of Papaver cambricum L. (Papaveraceae) P. Pablo Ferrer-Gallego Abstract FERRER-GALLEGO, P. P. (2015). Lectotypification of Papaver cambricum L. (Papaveraceae). Candollea 70: 207-210. In English, English abstract. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15553/c2015v702a5 The typification of the name Papaver cambricum L. (Papaveraceae) is discussed. This species was previously accepted in the genus Meconopsis Vig. as Meconopsis cambrica (L.) Vig. The protologue of the name and the original material are evaluated. A specimen from the Burser Herbarium (UPS-BURSER) is designated as the lectotype. Keywords PAPAVERACEAE − Meconopsis − Papaver − Lectotypification Address of the author : CIEF, Centro para la Investigación y la Experimentación Forestal, Servicio de Vida Silvestre, Generalitat Valenciana, Avda. Comarques del País Valencià, 114, 46930, Quart de Poblet, Valencia, Spain. E-mail: [email protected] Submitted on October 6, 2014. Accepted on June 9, 2015 Edited by P. Bungener ISSN: 0373-2967 – Online ISSN: 2235-3658 – Candollea 70(2) : 207-210 (2015) © CONSERVATOIRE ET JARDIN BOTANIQUES DE GENÈVE 2015 208 – Lectotypication in Papaver (Papaveraceae) Candollea 70, 2015 Introduction fragments, one with a flower, the other with a flower bud, The genus Meconopsis Vig. (Papaveraceae) comprises approxi- and a label with the annotation “Papaver erraticum pyrenai- mately 70 perennial monocarpic or polycarpic herbs, dis- cum flore flavo Bauh. / In Pyrenaeis” (see Savage, 1937: 27). tributed primarily in southern central Asia (Grey-Wilson, No further original material have been found in any of the 2014). The western European M. cambrica (L.) Vig. was long other Linnaean and Linnaean-linked herbaria. considered to be the only European representative of the The specimen in UPS-BURSER has precedence in genus.
    [Show full text]
  • The Importance of Polyploidy in Meconopsis With
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Sibbaldia - the Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture (Royal Botanic... SIBBALDIA: 159 The Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, No. 11 THE IMPORTANCE OF POLYPLOIDY IN MECONOPSIS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE BIG PERENNIAL BLUE POPPIES Ian McNaughton1 ABSTRACT A comparison is made between evolution of the genus Meconopsis through natural selection, which takes a long time, and rapid evolution through polyploidy. The possible formation of the tetraploid Meconopsis grandis from the diploid M. baileyi is considered in detail. The possibility of an extended diploid to hexaploid chromosome series in the ‘Big Blue Poppies’ is discussed. Each component of the series is described. The formation of Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’ as an example of a probable new hexaploid species with its evolution through somatic chromosome doubling is considered in detail. The possibility of pentaploids, a new ploidy level or cytotype in the proposed series is discussed with putative examples. A glossary of the terms used is provided. INTRODUCTION Polyploidy has been described as ‘the presence of three or more sets of chromosomes in an organism’ (Grant, 1971). The very first polyploid plant was discovered in 1907. Its chromosomes were counted using a microscope technique newly developed at that time; this method of investigation was later to become a branch of cytology. Polyploids are known to occur more frequently in angiosperms, the flowering plants, than in other groups such as gymnosperms. Not all genera contain polyploid forms; in some they have never been detected, in others they occur infrequently.
    [Show full text]