The Beautiful Plants of Kenya

J Karmali

Ecoguide: Fynbos

John Manning and Colin Paterson-Jones

The Cape Fold Mountains, which lie at the southern tip of Africa as ranges paralleling the western and southern Cape coastlines, together with the valleys between, and the ....

Field Guide to the Common Trees and Shrubs of East Africa

Najma Dharani

Field guide to the more common trees and shrubs, indigenous, naturalized and exotic, that are found in East Africa. In addition to full-colour photographs and illustrations ....

Field Guide to the Mangrove Trees of Africa and Madagascar

Henk Beentje, Solamao Bandeira and Justin Moat

Identification guide to all the species found along the African and Madagascan coastlines. ....

Field Guide to the Palms of Madagascar

John Dransfield, Henk Beentje et al

Madagascar's native palms are of enormous economic and biological importance. Most are endemic and are part of Madagascar's great natural heritage and many are becoming ....

Field Guide to the Rattans of Africa

Terry Sunderland

Identification guide to all 22 species found in Africa, their ecology and distribution, and their sustainable management. This is the first identification aid for the rattan ....

First Field Guide to Aloes of Southern Africa

Gideon Smith

Describes 50 species of aloe, each containing detailed information on plant characteristics, flower colour, distribution and notes on planting. Each species account ....

First Field Guide to Fynbos of Southern Africa

John Manning

First Field Guide to Parasitic and Carnivorous Plants of Southern Africa

John Manning

Explains how these unusual plants grow and reproduce, and why they are dependent on other species in order to flourish. Manning outlines the methods of entry by parasitic ....

Flore Analytique du Bénin

Edited by A Akoegninou, WJ van der Burg and LJG van der Maesen

This magnum opus describes the entire flora of this interesting region. ....

Flowers of the Moon

Sebastian Schutyser

The first sighting of the Rwenzori Mountain Range by non-Africans was made by Sir Henry Morton Stanley in 1876. Previous to his well-documented report, there were only rumours ....

Flore Pratique du Maroc, Volume 2: Angiospermae (Leguminosae - Lentibulariaceae)

Edited by M Fennane, Ouyahya, A Ibn Tattou and J El Oualdi

Flora of Somalia, Volume 3

Angiospermae (Ericaceae-Asteraceae)

Edited by Mats Thulin

Volume 3 - the final part to be published - completes the angiosperms, and includes an index to all of the genera described in the four volumes. With 404 line illustrations ....

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Asparagaceae (2006)

HJ Beentje and Sebsebe Dimissew

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Blechnaceae (2006)

BS Parris

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Begoniaceae (2006)

V Plana, MJS Sands and HJ Beentje

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Bignoniaceae & Cobaeaceae (2006)

S Bidgood, B Verdcourt and K Vollesen

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Ericaceae (2006)

HJ Beentje

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Gesneriaceae (2006)

Iain Darbyshire

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Hypoxidaceae (2006)

J Wiland-Szymanska and I Nordal

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Potamogetonaceae (2006)

JJ Symoens

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Thelypteridaceae (2006)

B Verdcourt

Flora Zambesiaca, Volume 3, Part 2: Caesalpinioideae

Edited by Jonathan Timberlake

Flora Zambesiaca, Volume 9, Part 3: Polygonaceae and Myriaceae

Edited by GV Pope, RM Polhill and ES Martins

Flora Zambesiaca, Volume 3, Part 3: Papilionoideae

Edited by RK Brummitt et al

Covers the following subtribes: 1. Swartzieae ....

Forest Climbing Plants of West Africa: Diversity, Ecology and Management

Edited by F Bongers, MPE Parren and D Traoré

Based on original research, this book presents information on the flora (including a checklist), diversity, ecology and ethnobotany. Forestry aspects, such as their impact ....

Forest Plants in the Forest and in the Garden

Elsa Pooley

A beautifully illustrated guide to 107 plants and some of the butterflies, birds and mammals found in forests of South Africa. The text provides notes on the plants, ....

How To Identify Trees in Southen Africa

Braam van Wyk and Piet van Wyk

With about 1800 native species of trees in southern Africa, plus several hundred more that have been introduced, the challenge of identifying even a small portion of these is ....

Photoguide for the Forest Trees of Ghana

A tree-spotter's field guide for identifying the largest trees

William Hawthorne and Ntim Gyakari

A field guide to the larger trees that occur in Ghanaian forests. It is based on photographs and drawings and is designed to minimise the need for reading complicated ....

Plants of the Simen

A flora of the Simen Mountains and surroundings, northern Ethiopia

Christian Puff and Sileshi Nemomissa

The book covers 101 families (gymnosperms: 1; dicots: 79; monocots: 21), close to 300 genera and 545 species recorded from the Simen and surroundings. Brief descriptions are ....

Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau

L Catarino, ES Martins, MF Pinto-Basto and MA Diniz

This book covers the flora and vegetation of Guine-Bissau. It contains a list of the plants with taxonomy, distribution and name index. ....

Plants Visited by Bees and Other Useful Plants of Umalila, Southern Tanzania

Paul Latham

This book provides information on 188 plants in Umalila in Mbeya district. A forage chart indicates the months when bees collect pollen and/or nectar. The plants are listed ....

Protea

Colin Paterson-Jones

Protea is a spectacular introduction to the fascinating protea family in southern Africa. The title covers all of the protea groups, their origins, distribution, and the ....

A Revision of the Southern African Genus Babiana (Iridaceae: Crocoideae)

Peter Goldblatt and J Manning

In this systematic revision of the southern African genus Babiana, 88 species are recognised. ....

The Southern African Plectranthus

And the Art of Turning Shade to Glade

Ernst van Jaarsveld and Vicki Thomas

This comprehensive book on these beautiful plants, commonly known as spurflowers, is the result of information gathered over the past 30 years by botanical author Ernst van ....

Tropical African Flowering Plants: Ecology and Distribution, Volume 2

Euphorbiaceae - Dichapetalaceae

J-P Lebrun and AL Stork

The Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland

Edited by Laislav Mucina and Michael C Rutherford

An up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the vegetation of South Africa and the two small neighbouring countries of Lesotho and Swaziland. This account is based on ....

Wild Flowers of the Central Namib

Antje Burke

Some 50 sketches and over 130 colour photographs illustrate the most commonly seen plants in the area around Swakopmund, Walvis Bay and the central Namib plains and ....

Wild Flowers of the Northern Namib

Antje Burke

Strictly speaking, the northern Namib extends way into Angola. However, due to the long years of political unrest, hardly any plant collections have been undertaken in that ....

Wild Flowers of the Southern Namib

Antje Burke

The first photographic field guide for Namibia. It covers wild flowers of the southern Namib, an area for which no plant guides were hitherto available. Focussing on those ....

Wild Flowers of the Table Mountain National Park - Standard Edition

Terry Trinder-Smith, Mary Maytham Kidd and Fay Anderson

This field guide for the identification of one third of the indigenous wild flowers growing in the world-renowned Table Mountain National Park, South Africa, showcases some ....

Woody Plants of Western African Forests

A guide to the forest trees, shrubs and lianes from Senegal to Ghana

William D Hawthorne and Carel CH Jongkind

This is a guide to the identification of all the woody plants (c. 2250 species in 740 genera) of the forest region of West Africa called `Upper Guinea', between Togo and ....

Alpine Beauty

Alpine and Subalpine Wildflowers of the Canadian Rockies and the Columbia Mountains

Neil L Jennings

Alpine Beauty explores the wildflowers and flowering shrubs commonly found in the subalpine and alpine environments in the Rocky Mountains of western Canada. Due to harsh ....

Alpine Plants of North America

An Encyclopedia of Mountain Flowers from the Rockies to Alaska

Graham Nicholls

Encylopedic reference covering 650 species in 54 genera, with many subspecies, varieties, and hybrids also described. Intended to be as useful for the gardener as the ....

Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Northeastern North America : Volume 1

Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, and Angiosperms : Dicotyledons

Garrett E Crow and C Barre Hellquist

Birdlife of Houston, Galveston, and the Upper Texas Coast

Ted Eubanks, Robert A Behrstock and Ron J Weeks

In the last thirty years, the Upper Texas Coast has become a "must go" destination for birders around the globe. This book will serve as an essential companion to the ....

California's Wild Gardens

A Guide to Favorite Botanical Sites

Edited by Phyllis M Faber

Fabulous book on the wild plants and places of California, of interest to a wide range of naturalists and scientists - it is a pity that the word 'gardens' is part of the ....

Carnivorous Plants of the United States and Canada

Donald E Schnell

Examines in detail the 45 species and numerous hybrids of carnivorous plants that grow in the United States and Canada. Information on each species includes an identifying ....

Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia

Linda G Chafin

Abundantly illustrated with more than 400 colour photographs and 200 detailed drawings, this comprehensive guide to the state's rare and endangered plants provides photographs ....

Flora of the Northeast

A Manual of the Vascular Flora of New England and Adjacent New York

Dennis W Magee and Harry E Ahles

Designed as both a reference work and a year-round field manual, this volume contains more than 2,400 range maps and 995 line drawings, designed to clarify descriptions used ....

The Flora of Nebraska

Robert B Kaul, David Sutherland and Steven Rolfsmeier

All of the nearly 2,000 species that grow outside cultivation in Nebraska are described, as are their habitats and ranges. About two-thirds are native to Nebraska, and the ....

Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 24

Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, Part 1

Edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee

Volume 24 of Flora North America is one of two volumes on grasses to be published in this series (Volume 25, though it follows sequentially, was published in 2003). ....

Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 27: Bryophytes, Part 1

Mosses, Part 1

Edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee

Flora of North America Volume 27 is the first volume of three on the bryophytes (mosses, hornworts, and liverworts). Thirty-five authors treat the first half of the mosses, ....

Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 21: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, Part 8: Asteraceae, Part 3

Asterales, part 3 (Aster order)

Edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee

Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 7: Magnoliophyta: Dilleniidae, Part 2

Salicales, Capparales

Edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee

Flora of North America Volume 7 is the seventh volume of nineteen on dicotyledons to be published in the Flora of North America series. It treats more than 910 species ....

Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 19: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, Part 6: Asteraceae, Part 1

Asterales, Part 1 (Aster order)

Edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee

Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 20: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, Part 7: Asteraceae, Part 2

Asterales, Part 2 (Aster order)

Edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee

Flowering Plants: Flowering Rush to Rushes

Robert H Mohlenbrock

The second edition of "Flowering Plants: Flowering Rush to Rushes" offers new material, including a preface, seventeen new illustrations of the additional species now known ....

Flora of the Santa Ana River and Environs

With References to World Botany

Oscar F Clarke, Danielle Svehla, Greg Ballmer and Arlee Montalvo

The Santa Ana River is the largest watercourse in the heavily populated coastal plain of southern California and is home to over 800 plant species. Despite damaging ....

Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants

CR Bell and BJ Taylor

Reprinted from the original 1982 version (published by Laurel Hill). ....

Gleason's Plants of Michigan

A Field Guide

Henry A Gleason and Richard K Rabeler

Gleason's Plants of Michigan is a major revision and expansion of "The Plants of Michigan" by Henry A. Gleason - the 1918 classic field guide to the flowering plants and ....

Guide to Great Lakes Coastal Plants

Ellen Weatherbee

The coastal beaches are some of the most outstanding features of the vast northern Great Lakes region. Many of the plants grow nowhere else, and a number of protected plants are ....

A Guide to Hawaii's Coastal Plants

Michael Walter

A comprehensive field guide to 90 coastal plant species - both native and introduced. Full colour photographs accompany each description of appearance, habitat, distribution ....

A Guide to Native Plants of the New York City Region

Margaret B Gargiullo

Presents a detailed look at the full scope of flora that is native to this region and available for propagation. Geared specifically for landscape architects, designers, land ....

Identifying Trees

An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America

Michael D Williams

Identify trees in any season, not just when they are in full leaf. This field-tested guide features color photos showing bark; branching patterns; fruits, flowers, or nuts; ....

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Wild Flowers & Flora of the Americas

Michael Lavelle and Martin Walters

Flowering plants provide a welcome and colourful sight, whether long-loved shrubby perennials or bright and fleeting annuals. They are vital to our ecology and a clear ....

Illustrated Flora of East Texas, Volume 1

Introduction, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, and Monocotyledons

George M Diggs et al

Volume one of the Illustrated Flora of East Texas is the first fully illustrated flora for East Texas, a species rich area that contains more than two-thirds of all the plant ....

National Geographic Field Guide to the Trees of North America

Keith Rushforth and Charles Hollis

Ideal for backpacks and back pockets alike, this indispensable reference makes it easy to identify any tree commonly encountered between the Canadian Arctic and Mexico and ....

Native and Naturalized Trees of New England and Adjacent Canada

A Field Guide

Richard M DeGraaf and Paul E Sendak

A diverse array of native coniferous and deciduous trees and, in some places, naturalized exotics comprises majestic northeastern forests and woodlands. This ....

Pitcher Plants of the Americas

Stewart McPherson

Pitcher plants are the largest and most beautiful of the world's carnivorous plants and are viewed with fascination as objects of natural history and natural beauty. Pitcher ....

Plants of Alberta

Trees, Shrubs, Wildflowers, Ferns, Aquatic Plants & Grasses

France Royer and Richard Dickinson

Comprehensive treatment of over 1500 plants native to Alberta, Canada. Includes keys, habitat notes, distribution maps, similar species descriptions, native and historical ....

Plants of Coastal British Columbia

Including Washington, Oregon and Alaska

J Pojar and A MacKinnon

Easy-to-use guide features plants commonly found along the BC coast including trees, shrubs, wildflowers, aquatic plants, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens. ....

The Plants of Pennsylvania

An Illustrated Manual

Ann Fowler Rhoads and Timothy A Block

The second edition of "The Plants of Pennsylvania" identifies the nearly 3,400 species of trees, wildflowers, ferns, grasses, sedges, aquatic plants, and weeds native or ....

Plants of the Rocky Mountains

Linda Kershaw, Andy MacKinnon and Jim Pojar

Comprehensive guide to over 1350 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens. ....

Prairie Beauty

Wildflowers of the Canadian Prairies

Neil L Jennings

Prairie Beauty explores the wildflowers and flowering shrubs commonly found in the prairie environment of western Canada. Written for the enjoyment of all who venture ....

Prairie Plants of the University of Wisconsin - Madison Arboretum

Including Horsetails, Ferns, Rushes, Sedges, Grasses, Shrubs, Vines, Weeds, and Wildflowers

Theodore S Cochrane, Kandis Elliot and Claudia S Lipke

A pioneer and leader in the preservation and restoration of native Midwest prairies since the 1930s, the University of Wisconsin - Madison Arboretum has a stellar ....

Rare Plants of Texas

A Field Guide

Jackie M Poole et al

Since 1987, when Texas Parks and Wildlife Department botanists published their first in-house summary of Texas' threatened plants, more than 225 species have been identified ....

River and Desert Plants of the Grand Canyon

K Huisinga, L Makarick, K Watters and A Zwinger

The Grand Canyon's isolation, great elevational range, and position at the convergence of three North American deserts - the Mojave, Sonoran, and Great Basin - have created ....

Rubiaceas de Mexico

Attila Borhidi

This book is the first complete monograph of the Rubiaceae family in Mexico. It contains descriptions and identification keys for 103 genera and over 600 taxa including 585 ....

Steyermark's Flora of Missouri, Volume 2

Dicots, Acantheae through Fabaceae, first part

George Yatskievych

Steyermark's Flora of Missouri is an account of Missouri's vascular flora, including the pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and flowering plants growing spontaneously in the state. ....

Synthesis of the North American Flora

Version 2.0

John T Kartesz and Christopher A Meacham

The most authoritative, complete reference to the vascular plants of North America ever produced, containing a checklist with synonymy of all 28,000 species, subspecies and ....

Terrestrial Vegetation of California

Edited by Michael G Barbour, Todd Keeler-Wolf and Allan A Schoenherr

This thoroughly revised, entirely rewritten edition of what is the essential reference on California's diverse and ever-changing vegetation now brings readers the most ....

Texas Wildflowers: A Field Guide

C Loughmiller and L Loughmiller

For two decades and counting, Texans have relied on Texas Wildflowers to identify the common and rare flowers we see along the roadsides and in the pastures, fields, and ....

A Tour of the Flowering Plants

Based on the Classification System of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group

Priscilla Spears

With over 800 color photos showcasing a representative spectrum of the flowering plants of the United States and Canada, A Tour of the Flowering Plants provides an overview of ....

Trees and Tall Shrubs of Illinois

Linda J Kershaw and Clem Hamilton

Wildflowers in the Field and Forest

A Field Guide to the Northeastern United States

Steve Clemants and Carol Gracie

Many of us have stopped to pick wildflowers or have admired them as they flourished in fields and along hiking trails and roads. Always appreciated, but not always recognized, ....

Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains

George W Scotter and Halle Flygare

The Rocky Mountains are natural botanical gardens of enormous diversity and interest. Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains is a user-friendly field guide that features ....

Brazilian Fruits and Cultivated Exotics

(for consuming in natura)

Harry Lorenzi, Luis Bacher, Marco Lacerda and Sergio Sartori

This book is about the "fruits" or the fruits and pseudofruits cultivated or native to Brazil, which are consumed in natura by man, whole or in parts (skin, pulp or seeds), ....

Caribbean Spice Island Plants

Trees, Shrubs and Climbers of Grenada, Carriacou and Petit Martinique: a picture gallery with notes on identification, historical and other trivia

William D Hawthorne, Dean Jules and Guido Marcelle

The first comprehensive identification guide dedicated to the plants of this island group (the political entity is named after the principal island, Grenada), aimed to fill ....

Costa Rica Bromeliads - Bromelias de Costa Rica

J Francisco Morales

80 species illustrated by Anita Cooper watercolours. ....

Costa Rica: Tropical Fruits

Enrique Leal C

Laminated fold out pocket guide with illustrations of tropical fruits found in the forest and at the fruit stand. ....

A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America

(Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) with Supplementary Notes on Herbaceous Taxa

Alwyn H Gentry

1996 reprint editionIllustrations by Rodolfo Vasquez This is the first ever field guide to deal with the extraordinarily diverse flora of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. All ....

Flores de Alta Montaña de los Andes Patagonicos / High Mountain Flowers of the Patagonian Andes

Marcela Ferreyra, Cecilia Ezcurra and Sonia Clayton

Field guide to the high mountain plants of the Patagonian Andes of southern Chile and Argentina. It includes descriptions and colour photographs of 170 species, with ....

Flowers of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands

Kathleen McNary Wood

The archipelagos are home to a variety of attractive and often valuable flowering plants. Some are indigenous, while many were introduced for food, medicinal purposes or ....

Flora de Chile, Volume 2: Winteraceae - Ranunculaceae

Edited by C Marticorena and R Rodriguez

Describes 35 families. ....

Flowers of the Caribbean

GW Lennox and SA Seddon

Provides an introduction to the common flowers of the Caribbean. Colour photographs accompany species descriptions. ....

Flowers of Cuba

Angela Leiva

A clear, concise and attractive guide to Cuba's most popular flowers, both native and cultivated, and an essential pocket companion to the exploration of Cuban gardens, parks ....

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 77: Compositae-Heliantheae Part I and II

H Robinson et al

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 78: Gramineae (part 3) Subfam. Panicoideae

S Renvoize, Andrea S Vega and Zulma E Rugolo de Agrasar

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 79: Rubiaceae (part 5) Tribe 18. Psychotrieae (2)

Charlotte M Taylor and Daniela Zappi

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 80: Sapotaceae

TD Pennington

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 81: Combretaceae

CA Stace

Flora Fanerogamica Argentina, Caja 12

Fasciculos 96 - 102

Fasc. 96. Convolvulaceae Fasc. 97. Boraginaceae, parte 1 ....

Flora of the Guianas, Series A: 23: Acanthaceae and Mendonciaceae

Edited by MJ Jansen-Jacobs

Flora of the Guianas, Series A: 24: Hernandiaceae, Chloranthaceae, Piperaceae

Edited by MJ Jansen-Jacobs

Flowers of Jamaica

Monica F Warner

Jamaica boasts some 3000 species of flowering plant, 33% of which are endemic with the remainder having been introduced by early colonists and explorers. The variety of ....

Flowering Plants of the Galapagos

Conley K McMullen

An invaluable resource for tourists, natural history enthusiasts, and professionals, the book: introduces the botanical history of the islands and their varied ecological zones; ....

Flowering Plants of the Neotropics

Edited by Nathan P Smith, Scott A Mori, Andrew Henderson, Dennis WM Stevenson and S Heald

The definitive handbook, representing the work of 150 botanists and covering more than 280 families of plants known to occur in the Western Hemisphere between the tropics of ....

Flora de la República de Cuba, Series A: Plantas Vasculares, Fasicúlo 11 Pteridophyta

PA Gonzalez Gutierrez and J Sierra Calzado

Covers the following families: Azollaceae/ Dicksoniaceae/ Equisetaceae/ Isoetaceae/ Lophosoriaceae/ Marsileaceae/ Oleandraceae/ Ophioglossaceae/ Osmundaceae/ ....

Flora de Veracruz Fasc. 138: Lecythidaceae

G Castillo-Campos

Flora de Veracruz Fasc. 139: Scrophulariaceae

C Durán-Espinosa

Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Volume 8

Poaceae to Rubiaceae

Edited by Paul Berry, Kay Yatskievych, Bruce Holst and Julian Steyermark

The penultimate volume of this fantastic series contains 17 families of seed plants arranged alphabetically from Poaceae through Rubiaceae. This volume treats 244 genera ....

Gesneriads of Costa Rica / Gesneriaceas de Costa Rica

Ricardo Kriebel Haehner

This guide includes 25 genera and 99 native species (plus one that could become naturalized) of Gesneriaceae from Costa Rica, one of the most showy flowering plant ....

Illustrated Flora [of Dominica]

Andrew J Lack, Caroline Whitefoord, Peter Evans and A James

A systematic list covering 718 plant species, with illustrations of 365 species. Introductory chapters review all the major habitats found in Dominica, with lists by ....

An Introductory Field Guide to the Flowering Plants of the Golfo Dulce Rain Forests, Costa Rica

Corcovado National Park and Piedras Blancas National Park

Edited by A Weber, W Huber, A Weissenhofer, N Zamora and G Zimmermann

Over 900 selected species from the area are described, many of which are illustrated. Details are given on distribution, pollination biology, fruit- and seed dispersal, and ....

Margaret Mee's Amazon

Diaries of an Artist Explorer

Margaret Mee

When Margaret Mee began her Amazon travels, the highly controversial disturbance of the rainforest was just beginning. 32 years and 15 epic journeys later she spoke with ....

Plantas Altoandinas en la Flora Silvestre de Chile

Adriana Hoffman, Melica Munoz, John Watson, Mary Kalin Arroyo and F Liberona

A well-produced and -illustrated field key to the plants of the Chilean High Andes, with sections on biogeography, ecology and a resume of investigations in the area. ....

Plantas de la Amazonia Peruana: Clave para Identificar las Familias de Gymnospermae y Angiospermae

Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez and Rocio Rojas Gonzales

This book advances our botanical understanding of the unique assemblage of plants found in the Peruvian Amazonia. Taxonomic keys first identify similar families as groups. ....

Plantes, Milieux et Paysages des Antilles Françaises

Ecologie, biologie, identification, protection et usages

Claude Sastre and Anne Breuil

Covers four areas: geography and ecology, species in their habitats, descriptions of species and walking itineraries. ....

Preliminary List of the Cyperaceae in Northeastern Brazil

Edited by AC Araujo, E Cesar and D Simpson

Between 2002 and 2004, 1392 Cyperaceae specimens were examined and the information repatriated. This checklist records 191 species in 24 genera, with entries listed ....

Preliminary List of the Leguminosae in Northeastern Brazil / Lista Preliminar da Familia Leguminoseae na Regiao Nordeste do Brasil

Edgley A Cesar, FS Juchum and GP Lewis

Many legume specimens from Bahia are deposited at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, a large proportion having been added to the collections as a direct result of the ....

A Quest for Chilean Plants

An Account of the Plants, People and Landscapes Encountered During Two Expeditions to Chile

Peter Baxter et al

Account of two plant collecting expeditions to Chile which explains how the collections were processed and researched. Contains many photographs of the plants, people and ....

Threatened Plants of Central and South Chile

Distribution, Conservation and Propagation

Martin F Gardner et al

Threatened Plants of Central and South Chile is the result of a three year intensive study by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the University of Valdivia of ....

Trees of Cuba

Angela Leiva

A clear, concise and attractive guide to Cuba's most popular trees, both native and cultivated, and an essential pocket companion to the exploration of Cuban gardens, parks ....

Tropical Plants of Costa Rica

A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora

Willow Zuchowski

Ranging from miniature epiphytic orchids to towering trees, and from mangrove forests lining coastal waterways to high-elevation cloud forests, Costa Rica's rich and varied ....

Wild Flowers of Mombacho (Nicaragua) / Flores Silvestres del Mombacho

Helen Pickering

This photographic guide to the Wild Flowers of Mombacho is color-coded and arranged by Family within the color sections. It covers flowering plants found on the whole of the ....

Wild Plants of Barbados

Sean Carrington

First published over ten years ago, this fully revised and updated edition now includes several plant species previously unrecorded for Barbados. This book aims to enable the ....

Bulbous Plants of Turkey and Iran

A photographic guide

Peter Sheasby

Photo identification guide to over 600 species of bulbous, cormous, tuberous and rhizomatous species found in Turkey, the adjacent Greek Islands and Iran. The ....

Chinese Zingiberaceae Flower

Edited by Gao Jiangyun et al

This book describes Zingiberaceae: 20 genera, 95 species and variety species, with about 170 colour photos. ....

Etlingera of Borneo

Axel D Poulsen

Borneo is one of the most exciting places to study the richness of plant life on Earth and home to more than 300 ginger species. Etlingera is among the most diverse and ....

Field Guide to the Palms of New Guinea

William J Baker and John Dransfield

New Guinea is one of the world's greatest palm diversity hotspots. With around 270 species, the island is home to some of the most beautiful and varied palms, many of ....

Flora of China, Volume 13: Clusiaceae through Araliaceae

Flora of China Editorial Committee

Among the 33 plant families described in this volume are Clusiaceae, the mangosteen and St. John's-wort family, harvested for its wood, resin, fruits, seeds, and horticultural ....

Flora of China, Volume 22: Poaceae

Chen Shouliang et al

This large volume is devoted to just one plant family, the grasses (Poaceae or Gramineae), and no group of plants is of greater economic importance. The Poaceae range ....

Flora of China Illustrations, Volume 14: Apiaceae-Ericaceae

Edited by Wu Zhengyi, Peter H Raven and Hong Deyuan

Companion of the text volume published in 2005, contains plants from the Apiaceae, Cornaceae, Aucubaceae, Helwingiaceae, Mastixiaceae, Toricelliaceae, Diapensiaceae, ....

Flora of Hong Kong, Volume 1

Edited by Hong Kong Herbarium and South China Botanical Garden

The first volume in the definite Flora of Hong Kong treats 10 families of Gymnosperms and 75 families of Magnoliidae (Dicotyledons). Each species is described in detail with ....

Flora of Japan, Volume 2a

Angiospermae-Dicotyledoneae: Archichlamydeae (a)

Edited by Kunio Iwatsuki, David E Boufford and Hideaki Ohba

Flora of the Loess Plateau in Central China

A Field Guide

Edited by Cun-Gen Chen, Anton Fischer, Walter Hermann and Ping-Hou Yang

The Loess Plateau of Central China is a breathtaking landscape with a long cultural history, and with a very rich and spectacular flora. The Flora Loessplateau ....