Author: Rupert C. BarnebyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mimosaceae
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey's Earring: Calliandra
Author: Rupert C. BarnebyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mimosaceae
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey's Earring
Author: Rupert C. BarnebyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Part III focuses on Calliandra, a genus that has not been comprehensively treated since Bentham published his summary classification of suborder Mimoseae in 1875.
Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey's Earring: Aberima, Albizia, and allies
Author: Rupert C. BarnebyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mimosaceae
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Neotropical Savannas and Seasonally Dry Forests
Author: R. Toby PenningtonPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000611310
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
More often than not, when people think of a neotropical forest, what comes to mind is a rain forest, rather than a dry forest. Just as typically, when they imagine a savanna, they visualize the African plains, rather than those dry woodlands and grasslands found in the Neotropics. These same preconceptions can be found among scientists, as these ne
Flora of the Gran Desierto and Río Colorado Delta
Author: Richard Stephen FelgerPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816552398
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
From the Pinacate lava fields and expansive dunes to the shores of the Gulf of California, the Gran Desierto is one of the hottest and driest places in the Western Hemisphere. Yet this region in the state of Sonora in northwestern Mexico embraces a remarkable number of habitats with a fascinating and surprisingly rich flora. This is the heart of the Sonoran Desert, still in a largely primordial state, in juxtaposition with the ravished wetlands of the once great Río Colorado. Flora of the Gran Desierto is the culmination of more than twenty-five years of research in this magnificent desert and delta by botanist Richard Felger. This comprehensive floristic study of more than 565 species of vascular plants features original diagnostic descriptions and innovative identification keys to the families, genera, and species. Particular attention has been devoted to taxa that are poorly known. Even weeds and their histories are treated in detail. Hundreds of illustrations by such eminent botanical artists as Lucretia Brezeale Hamilton, Matt Johnson, and Bobbi Angell will aid in the identification of plants. Common names of plants are given in English, Spanish, and O'odham. While emphasizing scientific accuracy, the book is written in an accessible style. Felger's observations and knowledge of plant ecology, geographic distribution, evolution, ethnobotany, plant variation and special adaptations, and the history of the region provides botanists, naturalists, ecologists, conservationists, and anyone else celebrating the desert with readable, interesting, and important information. With two of Mexico's newest biosphere reserves—the Pinacate and the Upper Gulf of California—this region is a keystone for desert conservation efforts. Its location linking vast preserves to the north makes this book especially useful for anyone interested in borderland studies and the Sonoran Desert. Flora of the Gran Desierto represents a most creative, definitive, and enthusiastic treatment of Sonoran Desert plant life and is highly relevant to ecological restoration in deserts and wetlands in arid places worldwide.
Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa
Author: H. F. GlenPublisher: Jacana Media
ISBN: 9781919931173
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
A listing of almost 9000 kinds of plants known to be cultivated in Southern Africa, or to have been tried here. The information is derived from a database containing details mainly of specimens archived in the National Herbarium, Pretoria.
An Introductory Field Guide to the Flowering Plants of the Golfo Dulce Rain Forests, Costa Rica
Author: Anton WeberPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Angiosperms
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Contributions from the United States National Herbarium
Author: Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey's Earring
Author: Rupert C. BarnebyThe Plants of Mount Kinabalu
Author: Jeffrey J. WoodPublisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
ISBN: 9789838120517
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Includes historical aspects of plant collecting on Kinabalu andenumeration of half the dicotyledons, 83 families, 430 genera and 1,575 species, subspecies and varieties.