Genus Meconopsis, The: Blue poppies and their relatives
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Genus Meconopsis, The: Blue poppies and their relatives
By (Author) Christopher Grey-Wilson
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew Publishing
13th October 2014
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
583.35
Physical Properties
Hardback
300
Width 182mm, Height 244mm
Description
There is no doubt that Meconopsis is one of the most distinctive and beautiful members of the poppy family, Papaveraceae. Distributed across the Sino-Himalaya region from Pakistan to India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet and western China, many of the species have a great deal of horticultural as well as botanical appeal, and yet there is no single major work on this plant group. The first monograph of the genus Meconopsis was written in 1934 by George Taylor, later Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Author Bio
Christopher Grey-Wilson was a botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for 22 years. He has edited Curtiss Botanical Magazine and The Plantsman in the past, and today The Alpine Gardener. He is the author of numerous books including Guide to the Flowers of Western China and The Rock Garden Plant Primer, and has been awarded five gold medals by the Royal Horticultural Society. In 2007 he was awarded the Royal Horticultural Societys highest accolade, a Victoria Medal of Honour (VMH).
