Le rose in fila Rose selvatiche e coltivate: una storia che parte da lontano
The volume traces the fundamental stages of the transition from wild roses to cultivated roses, taking as a starting point the systematics of the genus Rosa and linking it to a thousand stories concerning plant hunters, breeders, geographic explorations, the work of scholars and gardeners, enthusias...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | Italian |
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Florence
Firenze University Press
2018
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| Series: | Studi e saggi
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | The volume traces the fundamental stages of the transition from wild roses to cultivated roses, taking as a starting point the systematics of the genus Rosa and linking it to a thousand stories concerning plant hunters, breeders, geographic explorations, the work of scholars and gardeners, enthusiasts, collectors. This book also offers some information on the use of the rose in gardening, cooking and medicine, as well as a large iconography created mostly in the Florence Botanical Garden, a glossary of technical terms and identification elements for horticultural roses. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (280 p.) |
| ISBN: | 978-88-6453-696-5 9788864536965 9788864536958 9788892731479 |
| Access: | Open Access |