Kew Tropical Plant Identification Handbook, The, 9781842466025
Paperback
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.

Kew Tropical Plant Identification Handbook, The

second edition

$60.33

  • Paperback

    290 pages

  • Release Date

    31 January 2016

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Summary

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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781842466025
ISBN-10:184246602X
Author:Timothy Utteridge, Gemma Bramley
Publisher:Royal Botanic Gardens
Imprint:Kew Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:290
Edition:2nd
Release Date:31 January 2016
Weight:584g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
About The Author

Timothy Utteridge

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.

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