The Family Rosaceae in India Revisionary Studies on Six Genera Prunus, Prinsepia, Maddenia, Rosa, Malus and Pyrus Vol. 2
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Materials and methods. 3. Systematics: I. Family Rosaceae: A. Subfamily Amygdaloideae: i. Genus Prunus: Subgeneric classification; Morphological characters in Prunus; Sectional classification; Subgenus 1. Prunus; Subgenus 2. Amygdalus; Subgenus 3. Cerasus; Subgenus 4. Padus; Subgenus 5. Lauro-Cerasus. ii. Genus Prinsepia. iii. Genus Maddenia. B. Subfamily Rosoideae: i. Genus Rosa: Morphological characters in Rosa; Subgeneric classification; Sectional classification; Subgenus Rosa; Subgenus Platyrhodon. C. Subfamily Maloideae: i. Morphological characters in Pyrus & Malus. ii. Genus Malus. iii. Genus Pyrus. 4. Pollen morphology. 5. Discussion. 6. Summary. 7. References.
From the preface: "The Family Rosaceae in India, volume 2 is a pointer to our resolve to maintain the continuity of publication of our research findings, in the modern context, for advancing knowledge on this economically important family of the Indian flora. Purohit and Panigrahi (1991) dealt with 14 genera in a revisionary format in volume 1; volume 2 deals with another lot of six genera, which include taxonomically difficult ones Prunus L., s.I. and Rosa L., and consolidates all our publications between 1984 and 1992 and also includes unpublished portions of the Thesis, plus several modifications incorporated by the second author (G.P.) consequent to the PROPOSAL for conservation Rosa L. with Rosa cinnamomea L. as typ. cons. prop. (cf. Nicolson, ed., Taxon 41: 568-569. 1992). This has inevitably resulted in a thorough recasting of the sectional classification of Rosa L."
"This volume 2 deals with another lot of six genera: subfam. Amygdaloideae (3 genera), subfam. Rosoideae, tribe Roseae (1 genus), and subfam. Maloideae, tribe Maleae (2 genera).
The six genera are presented here in a revisionary format, diagnostic keys at each hierarchical level are formulated, detailed descriptions and illustrations of the various species and infra-specific categories are provided, and a synthetic approach drawing evidence from morphology, phenology, ecology, palynology, basic chromosome numbers (x), as also from plant-chemistry and numerical taxonomy, as available, is exphasised. Finally, classification of the six genera and evolutionary trends discerned within them, are outlined and dedicated for better judgement of specialists working on the systematics, phytogeography and evolution within the family in a wider geographical context." (jacket)
