Download or read book The Genus Epimedium and Other Herbaceous Berberidaceae written by William Thomas Stearn and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2002 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Kew classic is anaugmented edition ofWilliam Stearn’s classicmonograph onEpimedium published in1938. Retaining theunmistakable stamp ofscholarship andaccessibility thatcharacterised all his work,it is an essential botanical reference and a practicalhandbook for gardeners. Part I is a detailedtaxonomic treatment of Epimedium andVancouveria including cultivars, plus chapters onhabit, classification, morphology, cultivation andgeographical distribution; Part II coversCaulophyllum, Ranzania, Jeffersonia, Leontice andother herbaceous Berberidaceae; and Part III isJulian Shaw’s revision of Podophyllum. With 27botanical paintings, 31 line drawings and 77 colourphotographs.