Flowering Plants of the World

Vernon H. Heywood

Reference

Batsford Ltd.

The definitive reference on flowering plants, thoroughly revised.    The widely acclaimed Flowering Plants of the World, the original edition of this book, has never been surpassed in its depth and scope. Written by a team of internationally recognized authorities, this thoroughly updated edition provides the latest information and solidifies the book's position as the definitive guide on the subject.    At the core of the book are the comprehensive entries on 504 flowering plant families. Each entry describes distribution, anatomy, habitat, classification and commercial uses. The enormous wealth of newly available taxonomic information, found throughout the pages of Flowering Plant Families of the World, will interest every botanist.    Along with hundreds of beautiful, meticulously detailed artworks, the book features:  A             complete introductory section about flowering plants  Distribution maps and quick-reference panels  An extensive illustrated glossary of specialist terms  A comprehensive index with plant names in Latin and English.    The book's specially commissioned botanical illustrations by professional artists are remarkable for both their beauty and their scientific accuracy.    This definitive book, now completely updated, will remain a key reference for gardeners, botanists and plant professionals worldwide.

Flowering Plant Families of the World

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

Royal Botanic Gardens

<p>In recent years, tropical forests have received more attention and have been the subject of greater environmental concern than any other kind of vegetation. There is an increasing public awareness of the importance of these forests, not only as a diminishing source of countless products used by mankind, nor for their effects on soil stabilization and climate, but as unrivalled sources of what today we call biodiversity. Threats to the continued existence of the forests represent threats to tens of thousands of species of organisms, both plants and animals. It is all the more surprising, therefore, that there have been no major scientific accounts published in recent years since the classic handbook by Paul W. Richards, The Tropical Rain Forest in 1952. Some excellent popular accounts of tropical rain forests have been published including Paul Richard's The Life of the Jungle, and Catherine Caulfield's In the Rainforest and Jungles, edited by Edward Ayensu. There have been numerous, often conflicting, assessments of the rate of conversion of tropical forests to other uses and explanations of the underlying causes, and in 1978 UNESCO/UNEPI FAO published a massive report, The Tropical Rain Forest, which, although full of useful information, is highly selective and does not fully survey the enormous diversity of the forests.</p>

The Tropical Rain Forest: A First Encounter

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Springer

International directory of botanical gardens

Koeltz Scientific

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