Kew Plant Glossary, The
second edition
$54.53
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
21 February 2016
Summary
Decode the Language of Botany: A Comprehensive Plant Glossary
This plant glossary is your key to understanding the descriptive terms used in floras, plant field guides, and monographs. It’s an essential companion for anyone working with plant descriptions, plant identification keys, floras, monographs, and field guides.
In this second edition, discover:
- 4,500 botanical terms with clear definitions.
- Illustrations accompanying each term for visual unders…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781842466049 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1842466046 |
| Author: | Henk Beentje |
| Publisher: | Royal Botanic Gardens |
| Imprint: | Kew Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 21 February 2016 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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Critics Review
“Have you ever wondered what the term pyriform means? Or have you considered the function of an elaiosome? How about describing a seed as exalbuminous? If so, then this is the book for you! The Kew Plant Glossary is a fantastic little book for the botanist.”– “School Science Review”
About The Author
Henk Beentje
Henk Beentje is a botanist with considerable field experience in Africa and Madagascar. He has published titles on Kenyan trees, Zanzibari forests and Madagascar palms, as well as on African vegetation in general and plant glossaries. His main interests are in regional Floras, field guide production and conservation, and he was editor of the Flora of Tropical East Africa at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which completed in 2012.
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