The Genus Cardiocrinum: Its Identification and Cultivation
The Genus Cardiocrinum: its identification and cultivation Philip Bolt The right of Philip Bolt to be identified as the author of this work have been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act, 1988. First edition: November, 2016 Second edition: January 2018 The revisions take into account the results published in the paper by Li-Qin Yang, Hao-Yu Hu, Chuan Xie, Shan-Pan Lai, Mei Yang, Xing-Jin He and Song-Dong Zhou in the Annals of Botany , [LHCSMXS], 1 and C. cathayanum (hort.) is designated as C. giganteum yunnanense. Third edition: September, 2018 trnL barcode comparisons have been removed and an analysis made of variations in the matK sequences for C. giganteum yunnanense Fourth edition: November, 2018 A chapter has been added on the problems and pitfalls associated with the purchase of Cardiocrinum bulbs and seeds. The identification key has also been been modified to comply with my current knowledge of C. cathayanum. Fifth edition August, 2020 Information has been added on C. giganteum yunnanense f. rosea and C. cordatum cordatum ‘Red flowered form’. © Philip Bolt, 2016 - 2020 1 Li-Qin Yang, Hao-Yu Hu, Chuan Xie, Shan-Pan Lai, Mei Yang, Xing-Jin He and Song-Dong Zhou, Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and ecological niche modelling of Cardiocrinum (Liliaceae): insights into the evolutionary history of endemic genera distributed across the Sino-Japanese floristic region, Annals of Botany 119: 59–72, 2017 i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I'm grateful to my wife, Moira Bolt, for her help in maintaining the collection, to Julia Llewellyn-Hughes, DNA Sequencing Facility Manager, and her staff at The Natural History Museum, London for the sequencing of the DNA and to Sven Landrein, (Horticultural Botanist), & László Csiba, (DNA Bank Manager), formerly of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew for their help and information about C.
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