Author | Tutin, T.G. |
Year | 1980 |
Title | Umbellifers of the British Isles |
ISBN | 0 901158 02 X |
Series | BSBI Handbooks |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | All the British species known at the time, plus introduced species "that are of fairly constant occurrence as casuals". |
Source | BSBI Handbooks, No 2, 197pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) |
Illustrations | Line drawings facing the species descriptions |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Introductory chapters cover Classification and Relationships, Habitat Lists and Cook’s Guide. A conventional indented Dichotomous Key to species is followed by a Multi-access Synoptic Key. The major portion of the book consists of detailed species accounts facing line-drawings of the plant, leaves, flower, fruit (usually in dorsal and lateral views) and fruit TS. 10km distribution maps are presented two to a page, but these are now superseded by the later BSBI Atlas. |
Examine | with x8 or x10 hand lens |
Specimen Preparation | Fresh or pressed, but ideally with ripe fruits. |
Identification difficulty | Generally straightforward, at least if ripe fruits are present. |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification | Current | APIACEAE | umbellifers | Plantae: Apiales |
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