Conifers Around the World books are available again!
The International Dendrological Foundation is happy to announce that the well known Conifers Around the World books are available again through this website.
The International Dendrological Foundation is happy to announce that the well known Conifers Around the World books are available again through this website.
The beautiful botanical illustrations of these volumes are available at the Internatonal Dendrological Foundation's webshop: NDAshop.hu
Zsolt Debreczy is renowned research botanist, explorer and traveler, Research Director of the International Dendrological Research Institute, Inc., Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA, a position he has held since 1990.
With a Ph.D. in forest botany István Rácz is curator of the conifer collection, as well as the cultivated dendroflora herbarium at the Botanical Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum.
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Found in 1994 near the town of Yécora, Sonora, Pinus yecorensis turned to be a characteristic hard pine growing (at the type locality) at around 1800 m. Subsequently it was also found 230 km south of Yécora in Chihuahua near the Sonora border, as reported by Rick Fencl.
For some people, this is a familiar sight - pollen cones and ovuliferous cones, respectively, of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana. For others, these may simply mean "beauty in the details" that can be enjoyed by a simple magnifier. The pictures were captured in a living collection in Hungary.
A group of Earthwatch volunteers with the specimen locally called "Mother Tree" of Araucaria araucana, in Conguillío National Park, Chile, January 1996. Middle bottom: Zsolt Debreczy, with wife Gyöngyi Biró on his left.
A memorable day – after getting permission to visit the Djabbaren site of Cupressus (Algeria) dupreziana the team is ready for a hike to the plateau. Starting from Djanet (1040 m) very early morning in the dark, we reach the plateau (varies around 1700 m) in good light and take many photos. István (middle) is led by a native Touareg guide called Agaahmed Mohamed, accompanied by two local officials. The main photo was taken by expedition coordinator Gadiri Nassim, the inset photo by István.