Cavendishia Lindl.
Treasure From the Lands of the Alien Space Gods
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2017.231Keywords:
Ericaceae, CultivationAbstract
This paper provides an introduction to some of the plants of the genus Cavendishia Lindl. [Ericaceae] grown under glass at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and their collection from the wild with notes on cultivation. An overview of specimens currently held in the Herbarium at Edinburgh (E) is also included.
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