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Tilia Caroliniana
''Tilia caroliniana'' Philip Miller, Mill. is a species of tree in the family (biology), family Malvaceae native to the southern and south-eastern states of the U.S., and Mexico. Taxonomy ''T. caroliniana'' consists of 4 subspecies: * ''T. caroliniana subsp. caroliniana'' * ''T. caroliniana subsp. floridana'' Small (E. Murray) * ''T. caroliniana subsp. heterophylla'' (Vent.) Pigott) * ''T. caroliniana subsp. occidentalis'' (Rose) Pigott) Trees described as belonging to ''Tilia mexicana'', belong to either subsp. ''floridana'' or subsp. ''occidentalis''. However, the taxonomy of American species of ''Tilia'' remains a matter of contention. DNA analysis, which has clarified much of the taxonomy of genera such as ''Ulmus'', has yet to be applied to ''Tilia''. Pigott (2012) wrote:Pigott, Donald (2012). p.253 The complexity of variation in American ''Tilia'' is not readily treated by classical taxonomy, and attempts to do so have resulted in the description of a profusion of spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Miller
Philip Miller FRS (1691 – 18 December 1771) was an English botanist and gardener of Scottish descent. Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden for nearly 50 years from 1722, and wrote the highly popular ''The Gardeners Dictionary''. Life Born in Deptford or Greenwich, Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 until he was pressured to retire shortly before his death. According to the botanist Peter Collinson, who visited the physic garden in July 1764 and recorded his observation in his commonplace books, Miller "has raised the reputation of the Chelsea Garden so much that it excels all the gardens of Europe for its amazing variety of plants of all orders and classes and from all climates..." He wrote ''The Gardener's and Florists Dictionary or a Complete System of Horticulture'' (1724) and ''The Gardener's Dictionary containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen Fruit and Flower Garden'', which first appeared in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
