Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean - Couverture souple

Pedersen, Henrik Ærenlund; Cribb, Phillip; Kuhn, Rolf

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1842468197 ISBN 13 : 9781842468197

Editeur : Kew Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

An updated, comprehensive guide to the orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean region.

Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean: Second Edition is a comprehensive photographic guide to the orchids of the region written by leading experts, who between them have decades of orchid field and research experience. The book covers orchids from Europe and the Mediterranean, extending to Turkey and the immediate near east of North Africa and Macaronesia.

Many guides to orchids of this region exist, but in this completely revised second edition, the authors have drawn on the latest scientific research to bring clarity to orchid identification and names, with an emphasis on the natural variability that exists in many wild species. This edition incorporates the latest updates in taxonomy. With over 2000 color photographs and new images, the book provides the reader with an accessible and easy-to-use identification guide to the natural variability seen in these orchids.

The book covers thirty genera and their species including Ophrys, Cypripedium, Orchis, Dactylorhiza, Epipactis, and Serapias, as well as seventy natural hybrids. Much of the confusion over identification is due to the morphological variation a species can have within a habitat and across its distribution, and therefore to simplify identification, several images accompany each species to illustrate this diversity, along with notes on distinguishing features and distribution maps. Each species is also accompanied by common names and important synonyms, as well as notes on habitat, flowering times, and distinguishing features.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rolf Kühn is associated with the Swiss Orchid Foundation at the University of Basel, Switzerland. He has spent more than 40 years exploring for and photographing orchids. Henrik Ærenlund Pedersen was previously Associate Professor and Curator at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, and runs consultancy Select Nature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kew Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1842468197
• ISBN 13: 9781842468197
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 440
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