Cavendishia Lindl.

Treasure From the Lands of the Alien Space Gods

Authors

  • Tony Conlon Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2017.231

Keywords:

Ericaceae, Cultivation

Abstract

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.

Author Biography

Tony Conlon, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Tony Conlon is a Horticulturist at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh with responsibility for warm temperate and tropical Ericaceae and associated species

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Published

2017-12-08

How to Cite

Conlon, T. (2017). Cavendishia Lindl.: Treasure From the Lands of the Alien Space Gods. Sibbaldia: The International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, (15), 65–76. https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2017.231

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