{"title":"Citrus A World History. By David J. Mabberley. Published in 2024 by Thames & Hudson Ltd., London, 272 pp., illustrated throughout. ISBN 978–0–500-02636-6","authors":"John Grimshaw","doi":"10.1111/curt.12632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.12632","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Citrus are commonplace in our lives. Opening the fridge to get lunch while writing this review the first thing to catch my eye was a jar of pickled lemons; on another shelf there was a dish holding lemon wedges of forgotten origin and limited future. Dedicated dishes hold lemons and limes, or tangerines, in kitchen and living room respectively. I'm out of oranges. My washing up liquid claims to involve lemon and <i>Aloe vera</i>, and a cleaning cream under the sink is also boldly lemon scented.</p><p>Citrus – both the botanical <i>Citrus</i>, or the everyday familiar citrus of commerce, has been a subject of passionate interest for David Mabberley for decades, whether through phylogenetics to elucidate the complex history of the genus, or as an element in our lives, for example by following-up the source of containers used to import juice concentrate to the UK. Elsewhere he has presented a classification of cultivated <i>Citrus</i>: in this book he weaves the story of citrus through human culture, demonstrating just how important these fruits (it's mostly about the fruits) have been and still are to religion and art, to medicine, our diet and to agribusiness.</p><p>On opening the book the most obviously striking feature is the wealth and breadth of its illustrations. The first spread, of Botticelli's <i>Primavera</i>, whose characters are placed in an orange grove, sets the tone. What follows is a fabulous progression through the classical, medieval and early scientific illustration of citrus, to the glorious citrologies of the Renaissance, architectural drawings of the orangeries in which the patriotic tributes to the House of Orange (carefully disambiguated) could be grown, to photographs of industrial-scale citrus production and a really superb gathering of images used for marketing citrus, a showcase of great design. One feels that the picture researchers and designers of the book for Thames and Hudson must have had some fun bringing it together: it seems unfortunate that they are not acknowledged.</p><p>In the text the subject of citrus is pursued down the centuries, as suggested in the subtitle, from the first records of cultivation in Asia to the contemporary situation of a vast industry threatened by disease. We learn how the golden apples of the Hesperides morphed in concept from quinces to citrus; why citron is so important in Jewish ritual; the migration of citrus cultivation through Europe and its association with those of high status and sufficient wealth to be able to afford to cultivate them in <i>limonaie</i> or great orangeries; and how the protection of such individuals, grown rich on citrus production in Sicily, may have led to the expansion of the mafia. Scurvy, and its conquest by citrus-derived vitamin C, gets the treatment it deserves, and it is interesting to learn that Casanova used a solution of lemon juice to prevent pregnancies among his conquests, it having since been demonstrated to be a very effective spermicide.","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 1","pages":"151-152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/curt.12632","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andre Naranjo, Kanchi N. Gandhi, Larry Noblick, Julio Figueroa, Javier Francisco-Ortega, M. Patrick Griffith
{"title":"1131. Copernicia macroglossa Schaedtler","authors":"Andre Naranjo, Kanchi N. Gandhi, Larry Noblick, Julio Figueroa, Javier Francisco-Ortega, M. Patrick Griffith","doi":"10.1111/curt.12628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.12628","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p><i>Copernicia macroglossa</i> Schaedtler, the CUBAN PETTICOAT PALM, is endemic to the lowlands of Cuba, and is one of the palms from this island most attractive to tropical gardens. Here, the species is illustrated from individuals cultivated at Montgomery Botanical Center (city of Coral Gables, Florida) and Florida International University (Miami-Dade, Florida). We neotypify this name, review its conservation status, and construct maps with current distribution and a potential geographical range based on models. Its botanical illustration history is reviewed and photographs of the species in habitat and in botanic gardens are included, as well as anatomical images and descriptions of leaf-segment sections.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 1","pages":"3-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"1132. Primula subpyrenaica Aymerich, López-Alvarado & Sáez","authors":"David W. H. Rankin, Nicola Macartney","doi":"10.1111/curt.12626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.12626","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Spanish endemic <i>Primula subpyrenaica</i> Aymerich, López-Alvarado.& Sáez, a close relative of <i>P. auricula</i> L., is described and illustrated. A multi-character key to <i>Primula</i> section <i>Auricula</i> subsection <i>Auricula</i> is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 1","pages":"19-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/curt.12626","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julià Molero Briones, Trinidad Arcos Pereira, María Dolores García de Paso Carrasco, J. Alfredo Reyes-Betancort, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, Brett Jestrow, Julio Figueroa, Llorenç Sáez, Javier Francisco-Ortega
{"title":"1139. Euphorbia regis-jubae Webb & Berthel.","authors":"Julià Molero Briones, Trinidad Arcos Pereira, María Dolores García de Paso Carrasco, J. Alfredo Reyes-Betancort, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, Brett Jestrow, Julio Figueroa, Llorenç Sáez, Javier Francisco-Ortega","doi":"10.1111/curt.12622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.12622","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p><i>Euphorbia regis-jubae</i> Webb & Berthel., a Macaronesian species endemic to the Canary Islands and Atlantic lowland slopes of southwestern Morocco and Western Sahara is illustrated. A review of its phylogeny, conservation status, ecology, phytochemistry, ethnobotany, nomenclature, botanical illustrations, and taxonomy is provided.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 1","pages":"95-117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"1138. Salix magnifica Hemsl.","authors":"Irina V. Belyaeva, Christabel King","doi":"10.1111/curt.12631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.12631","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Salix magnifica</i> Hemsl. (Salicaceae) is illustrated and its full description is given. The history of this willow in cultivation and its distribution are discussed. Morphological characteristics of infraspecific taxa are compared and their distinction given. Two new combinations are made. The names of two taxa are lectotypified. Information about the cultivation of <i>S</i>. <i>magnifica</i> is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 1","pages":"77-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/curt.12631","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"1133. Encephalartos woodii Sander","authors":"Brendan Sayers, Michael Calonje, Siobhán Larkin","doi":"10.1111/curt.12629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.12629","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A centenarian specimen of <i>Encephalartos woodii</i> Sander, WOOD'S CYCAD, grown in the Palm House at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, since 1905, is discussed. Details of the scientific discovery, original habitat, distribution, cultivation and conservation status of this species are provided. The species is now extinct in the wild. The Glasnevin specimen produced pollen cones for the first time in the autumn of 2021.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 1","pages":"27-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"1136. Fritillaria frankiorum R. Wallis & R.B. Wallis","authors":"Robert Wallis, Joanna Langhorne, Martyn Rix","doi":"10.1111/curt.12630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.12630","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the forty years since the publication of Volume 8 of Peter Davis's <i>Flora of Turkey</i> (Davis, <span>1984</span>), several new species of <i>Fritillaria</i> have been discovered in Turkey, some by botanists from northern Europe, but most by Turkish botanists trained in Edinburgh, or by their own students. Furthermore, several species such as <i>F. viridiflora</i> Post, known only from a single collection pre-1950, have been rediscovered in the wild; these are now covered in the excellent account in the new <i>Illustrated Flora of Turkey</i> (Tekşen, <span>2018</span>) Plate 1136.</p><p><i>Fritillaria frankiorum</i> was named after Erna and Ronald Frank who were keen growers of fritillaries in the 1980s and 1990s, and founders of the Fritillaria Group of the Alpine Garden Society; they found it in the far south of Turkey, near the Syrian border, and it is also known from north-western Syria, where it was included by Mouterde in <i>F. pinardii</i> (Mouterde, <span>1966</span>).</p><p>Its discovery in Turkey has been described previously: ‘In 1993 Rannveig [Wallis, the first author's wife] and I [RW], in company with Erna and Ronald Frank were looking for <i>Fritillaria alfredae</i> subsp. <i>platyptera</i> in the far south of Hatay Vilayet, very close to the border with Syria. Ronald, always welcoming a chance to try out his Turkish, asked a man who was sitting near the roadside if he had seen any <i>ters lale</i> (literally ‘hanging lilies', the Turkish name for fritillary). His excited response to us was that he knew what we were talking about, and he gesticulated to some polythene-covered stacks of what turned out to be tobacco and repeated ‘nylon, nylon’ several times. Whereupon he showed us what turned out to be a large population of a tall greenish fritillary growing in the fields which had already been ploughed, probably the previous autumn. The soil was extremely wet.</p><p>“The plants were new to us and did not key out in the <i>Flora of Turkey</i>. A few years later we were on the other side of the border in Syria and found many more plants in similar situations both around Kassab, which is only a few kilometres south of the Turkish locality and others further south, north of Slunfeh (Slenfe)Figure 1. After much discussion and examination of the closely related species, we all agreed that it was a new species and named it after Erna and Ronald Frank without whose wish to involve the local people, we may never have found it (Wallis & Wallis <span>2003</span>).”</p><p>Ronald and Erna Frank were long-standing members of the Alpine Garden Society and founders of the <i>Fritillaria</i> and <i>Cyclamen</i> groups of the Society. Both were born in 1918; Ronald died in 2005 and Erna in 2008. They met in Germany where Ronald was serving in the army and became a language teacher; he subsequently trained as a chartered surveyor and worked for a German company in London. They travelled widely in search of plants, notably to Turkey (at le","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 1","pages":"61-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/curt.12630","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Johan Hermans, Laurent Gautier, David Prehsler, Landy Rajaovelona, Phillip Cribb, Margareta Pertl, Andrew Brown
{"title":"1134. Cynorkis sanguinolenta Hermans, L.Gaut. & P.J.Cribb","authors":"Johan Hermans, Laurent Gautier, David Prehsler, Landy Rajaovelona, Phillip Cribb, Margareta Pertl, Andrew Brown","doi":"10.1111/curt.12627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.12627","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Cynorkis sanguinolenta</i> Hermans, L.Gaut. & P.J.Cribb from Northern Madagascar was formally described in 2017. It is illustrated here and a full description, history, notes on cultivation and a conservation assessment are provided. It is compared with similar species from the region.</p>","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 1","pages":"45-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/curt.12627","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julià Molero Briones, Trinidad Arcos Pereira, María Dolores García de Paso Carrasco, J. Alfredo Reyes-Betancort, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, Brett Jestrow, Javier Francisco-Ortega
{"title":"On the Macaronesian endemic woody spurge Euphorbia regis-jubae Webb & Berthel. and eponyms honouring the Numidian King Juba II (48 BCE–23/24 CE)","authors":"Julià Molero Briones, Trinidad Arcos Pereira, María Dolores García de Paso Carrasco, J. Alfredo Reyes-Betancort, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, Brett Jestrow, Javier Francisco-Ortega","doi":"10.1111/curt.12623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.12623","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Numidian King Juba II (48 BCE–23/24 CE) ruled the north-western African Roman client kingdom of Mauretania between the year 25 BCE until his death. During his patronage natural history expeditions were undertaken in Africa. The Canary Islands were among the areas whose exploration he sponsored, and this represented the earliest survey of the natural history of this archipelago. Juba II is considered to be one of the most important promoters of the study of geography, fauna, and flora in ancient times. His writings are lost, but the Roman army officer and naturalist Pliny the Elder (Caius Plinius Secundus, 23/24–79 CE) had access to them, and in his multivolume work <i>Naturalis Historia</i> provided extensive accounts of Juba's natural history descriptions. Relevant for our research, they included the earliest known report for the genus <i>Euphorbia</i> (as “<i>Euphorbea</i>” in Pliny's work). Eponyms for four generic names, three specific epithets, and one varietal name celebrate the legacy of Juba II. Here we provide an overview of the biogeography and phylogenetics of these taxa, with an emphasis on the Canary Island endemic <i>E. regis-jubae</i> Webb & Berthel. We also discuss Pliny's description of <i>Euphorbia</i> and highlight the importance of eponyms to provide insights into the botanical history of Macaronesia.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 1","pages":"119-133"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}