The cucurbit images (1515-1518) of the Villa Farnesina, Rome

Annals of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-176

  Janick, Jules ^a   Paris, Harry S ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agostino Chigi; Citrullus lanatus; Cucumis melo; Cucumis sativus; Cucurbita maxima; Cucurbita pepo; Cucurbitaceae; Ecballium elaterium; Giovanni Martini da Udine; Lagenaria siceraria; Momordica balsamina

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BOTANY; CLASSIFICATION; CUCUMBER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; ITALY; PAINTING;

BOTANY; CUCURBITACEAE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; PAINTINGS; ROME; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITACEAE; ECBALLIUM; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA BALSAMINA; PEPO;

EID: 31744447165     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcj025     Document Type: Article

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