ISHS Acta Horticulturae 598: International Symposium on Sustainable Use of Plant Biodiversity to Promote New Opportunities for Horticultural Production Development
IDENTIFICATION AND MORPHO-BOTANIC CHARACTERIZATION OF OLD RHODODENDRON HYBRIDS OF BURCINA PARK (POLLONE-BIELLA) IN ITALY |
| Author: | D. Remotti |
| Keywords: | rhododendron, ancient cultivars, germplasm, genetic resource, phenotypic, characterization |
| Abstract:
Burcina Park is a landscape historical garden established around 1850 by Piacenza family near Biella (Italy). It extends over an area of 57 hectares covering almost completely the slopes of a mountain called Brik Burcina. The most attractive part of of Burcina Park is the rhododendron valley, extending over a surface of about 2 hectares and blooming around the half of May. Felice Piacenza started to collect rhododendron hybrids during the last decade of XIXth century and bought very precious and unique cultivars selected in Europe. It took 40 years to improve the collection and to gather over 120 different cultivars. During XXth century nomenclature of these hybrids have been lost. The aim of this work is to identify these cultivars that represent an important genetic patrimony, since a number of them are deceased worldwide. We characterized and identified over fifty cultivars. | |
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