Kew Tropical Plant Identification Handbook, The (Paperback)

Timothy Utteridge

ISBN 10: 184246602X / ISBN 13: 9781842466025

Edité par Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, 2015

Paperback. The tropics with their lush rainforests are extremely rich in plant life but are still comparatively unknown. Botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have a long tradition of exploring and plant collecting in the tropics, accumulating an unsurpassed practical knowledge of the tropical plants they encounter.This second edition of The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook brings together this knowledge in a guide to the commonly encountered and ecologically important plants of the tropics. Written by Kews experts, this handbook is based on Kews Tropical Plant Identification course, which uses classical morphology, as well as more simple 'spot' characters, to teach plant identification. A guide to the commonly encountered and ecologically important plants of the tropics. In this second edition, an additional 17 plant families are described, bringing the total number to 104, all described in detail and richly illustrated showing the important identification characters. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781842466025

Synopsis :

• A guide to the commonly encountered tropical plant families in a portable, easy-to-use handbook• Richly illustrated with each family represented by a full page of photographs (many unpublished), line drawings, herbarium specimens and a distribution map• Written by Kew experts, all of whom regularly work in the tropics and teach on the Kew Tropical Plant Identification course• Follows the new classification system, APG 3, and is arranged according to APG 3• Second edition includes 17 new families described, bringing the total number of families included up to 104

À propos de l'auteur: Timothy Utteridge works in the South East Asia team at the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Tim co-organises Kew's annual Tropical Plant Identification course with Gemma Bramley. Co-author of Field Guide to the Plants of East Sabah (Kew Publishing, 2010) and co-editor of A Guide to the Alpine and Sub-Alpine Flora of Mount Jaya (Kew Publishing, 2006). Gemma Bramley is a botanist at the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Her research interests are focussed on the Lamiaceae and Gesneriaceae families, especially from South-East Asia, and she has undertaken fieldwork throughout the Old and New World tropics.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Kew Tropical Plant Identification Handbook, ...
Éditeur : Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, Surrey
Date d'édition : 2015
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : new
Edition : 2ème Édition