Oaks of Asia
Yu.L. Menitsky
ISBN 978-1-57808-229-2/ 2005/ 549 pages, hc/ US $ 140.00      Buy Now

The monograph gives an account of the systematics, geographic distribution, ecology, phytocenology, and evolution of oaks of the extensive forests of Asia. It is the first taxonomic, ecological, and phytocenological review of all the presently known oaks of the Asian continent and may be used as a reference by botanists, geographers, ecologists, and specialists in forestry and plant introduction. Contains bibliography of 860 citations and 163 illustrations.

Contents :
Description of the Family Fagaceae Dumort. and its Taxonomic Subdivision
Morphological and Biological Description of Genus Quercus L.
Brief Critical Review of the Recent Systems of Genus Quercus L.

Systematics and Geography of Oaks of Asia
. Quercus (Quercus; Cerris Dumort)
. Heterobalanus Oerst. (Heterobalanus (Oerst.) Menits.; Ilex Loud)
. Cyclobalanoides (Oerst.) Menits. (Semiserrata Menits.; Oidocarpa Menits.;
Cyclobalanoides (Oerst.) Menits.; Glauca Menits.; Helferiana Menits.; Acuta Menits.;
Gilva Menits.; Lepidotricha Menits.)
Geographic Distribution of Oaks and their Participation in Forest Communities of Asia
. South-West Asia (The Caucasus; Turkey and the Aegean Islands; Cyprus; Syria and
Lebanon; Palestine; Iran and Iraq)
. Extratropical Monsoon Asia (Monsoon Regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan;
The Himalayas; Western Himalayas; Eastern Himalayas. Southeastern Tibet;
Northern Burma)
. Countries of the Eastern Edge of Exteratropical Asia
. Zone of Forests of Temperate Climate (Subzone of Coniferous-Broad-Leaved and
Broad-Leaved Forests of Cold-Temperate Type; Subzone of Broad-Leaved Deciduous
Forests of Warm-Temperate Type)
. Zone of Subtropical Evergreen Forests (Subzone of “Mesophytic Mixed Forests;
Subzone of “sclerophyllous Evergreen Forests”)
. South-East Asia (Monsoon South-East Asia; Equatorial South-East Asia)
Phylogenetic Series of Species and the Evolutionary Pathways of Old-World Oaks
Literature Cited
Index of Latin Names of Plants