Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas - Couverture rigide

Henderson, Andrew; Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo

 
9780691085371: Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0691085374 ISBN 13 : 9780691085371
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1995

Synopsis

This user-friendly and authoritative book will serve scientists, growers, and sightseers as a guide to the 67 genera and 550 species of naturally occurring palms found in the Americas. Its purpose is to give an introduction to the diversity of palms and allow almost anyone to identify a palm from this part of the world. Providing scientifically accurate descriptions and a rich supply of illustrations, including color photos taken in the wild of over 256 species, this guide is extraordinary in its coverage of the plant that has become for many people the symbol of the tropical landscape.


Palms are not only aesthetically pleasing, but they also make up an economically and ecologically important family of plants. In industry, for example, the coconut, oil palm, and date palm have a wide and varied use. In the lowland rain forest, palms are usually one of the most abundant and diverse families of plants. Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas will appeal to professional scientists or students working in the tropics-including agronomists, anthropologists, ecologists, entomologists, natural historians, and zoologists-as well as to amateur and professional growers of palms, to "eco-tourists" who visit tropical regions, and to inhabitants of these regions who are interested in the native flora.

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À propos de l?auteur

Andrew Henderson is Assistant Scientist at the New York Botanical Garden. Gloria Galeano and Rodrigo Bernal are Assistant Professors at the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691085374
ISBN 13 
9780691085371
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
376
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780691016009: Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0691016003 ISBN 13 :  9780691016009
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1997
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