A Field Guide To The Families And Genera Of Woody Plants Of Northwest South America

Author : Alwyn H. Gentry
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ISBN 13 : 9780226289434
Total Pages : 895 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), with Supplementary Notes on Herbaceous Taxa written by Alwyn H. Gentry and published by . This book was released on 1993-01 with total page 895 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand almost any part of the tropical rain forest's fabulously complex web of life, one must first learn to identify a bewildering array of plants. Alwyn Gentry's landmark book, completed just before his tragic death in 1993, is the only field guide to the nearly 250 families of woody plants in the most species-rich region of South America. As a consummate field researcher, Gentry designed this guide to be not just comprehensive, but also easy to use in rigorous field conditions. Unlike many field guides, which rely for their identifications on flowers and fruits that are only present during certain seasons, Gentry's book focuses on characters such as bark, leaves, and odor that are present year-round. His guide is filled with clear illustrations, step-by-step keys to identification, and a wealth of previously unpublished data. All biologists, wildlife managers, conservationists, and government officials concerned with the tropical rain forests will need and use this field guide. Alwyn Gentry was one of the world's foremost experts on the biology of tropical plants. He was senior curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden, and was a member of Conservation International's interdisciplinary Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) team, which inventories the biodiversity of the most threatened tropical areas. From 1967 to 1993 he collected more than 80,000 plant specimens, many of them new to science.

Author : A. H. Gentry
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Total Pages : 895 pages
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Download or read book A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) written by A. H. Gentry and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 895 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guia de campo das famílias e gêneros de plantas das florestas da Colômbia, Equador e Peru.

Author : Alwyn H. Gentry
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 932 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), with Supplementary Notes on Herbaceous Taxa written by Alwyn H. Gentry and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand almost any part of the tropical rain forest's fabulously complex web of life, one must first learn to identify a bewildering array of plants. Alwyn Gentry's landmark book, completed just before his tragic death in 1993, is the only field guide to the nearly 250 families of woody plants in the most species-rich region of South America. As a consummate field researcher, Gentry designed this guide to be not just comprehensive, but also easy to use in rigorous field conditions. Unlike many field guides, which rely for their identifications on flowers and fruits that are only present during certain seasons, Gentry's book focuses on characters such as bark, leaves, and odor that are present year-round. His guide is filled with clear illustrations, step-by-step keys to identification, and a wealth of previously unpublished data. All biologists, wildlife managers, conservationists, and government officials concerned with the tropical rain forests will need and use this field guide. Alwyn Gentry was one of the world's foremost experts on the biology of tropical plants. He was senior curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden, and was a member of Conservation International's interdisciplinary Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) team, which inventories the biodiversity of the most threatened tropical areas. From 1967 to 1993 he collected more than 80,000 plant specimens, many of them new to science.

Author : Alwyn H. Gentry
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ISBN 13 : 9781881173007
Total Pages : 895 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) written by Alwyn H. Gentry and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 895 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand almost any part of the tropical rain forest's fabulously complex web of life, one must first learn to identify a bewildering array of plants. Alwyn Gentry's landmark book, completed just before his tragic death in 1993, is the only field guide to the nearly 250 families of woody plants in the most species-rich region of South America. As a consummate field researcher, Gentry designed this guide to be not just comprehensive, but also easy to use in rigorous field conditions. Unlike many field guides, which rely for their identifications on flowers and fruits that are only present during certain seasons, Gentry's book focuses on characters such as bark, leaves, and odor that are present year-round. His guide is filled with clear illustrations, step-by-step keys to identification, and a wealth of previously unpublished data. All biologists, wildlife managers, conservationists, and government officials concerned with the tropical rain forests will need and use this field guide. Alwyn Gentry was one of the world's foremost experts on the biology of tropical plants. He was senior curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden, and was a member of Conservation International's interdisciplinary Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) team, which inventories the biodiversity of the most threatened tropical areas. From 1967 to 1993 he collected more than 80,000 plant specimens, many of them new to science.

Author : Parks and Recreation Margaret Gargiullo City of New York, National Resources Group
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199720037
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica written by Parks and Recreation Margaret Gargiullo City of New York, National Resources Group and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008-02-20 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts one of the widest varieties of plants in the wold, with habitats ranging from tidal mangrove swamps, and lowland rainforests, to dry tropical evergreen and deciduous forests. Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica is a must-have reference guide for beginner and expert naturalists alike. It provides a thorough survey of more than 850 plant species, each entry accompanied by color photos and a concise yet detailed narrative description. Plants are conveniently grouped by the different types of vegetation: palms, tall trees, shrubs, woody vines, herbaceous vines, herbs, grasses and ferns. Along with 1400 color photographs, the guide also includes an illustrated glossary of plant parts, five maps of Costa Rica, and laminated covers for durability in the field. With so much readily accessible information, this book is essential for exploring Costa Rica's common and conspicuous flora from the plants growing along the roadside to the best natural parks.

Author : Christian Frank Brockman
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1582380929
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trees of North America written by Christian Frank Brockman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a handbook for the identification of over five hundred species of trees by illustration and text.

Author : Dennis W. Magee
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN 13 : 9781558495777
Total Pages : 1214 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flora of the Northeast written by Dennis W. Magee and published by Univ of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CD-ROM contains: Color photographs -- Random Access Key program for representative and common Angiosperm Dicotyledonous genera of the Northeast.

Author : James W. Byng
Publisher : Plant Gateway Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 0992999316
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flowering Plants Handbook written by James W. Byng and published by Plant Gateway Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This plant book aims to help identify flowering plants to genus and family level anywhere in the world. In 2014 there were very few available works which were both comprehensive and up-to-date for all the flowering plants families and genera of the world. The Flowering Plants Handbook is an easy to use identification guide to the worlds flowering plants designed for both specialists and non-specialists and from beginner to expert. The book contains descriptions of all currently recognised flowering plant families, morphological notes for 6656 genera (all current genera for 398/413 families) and over 3000 images and illustrations. Flowering plants can be identified using the book to family and much of the world's generic diversity in four 'easy' steps. Some plants will be identified correctly quickly, whilst others may require some retracing of steps and take a little more time. The advantage of this book is that it helps the user learn about the classification system and plant diversity during the identification process. This work was compiled and developed using the living, library and herbarium collections at the University of Aberdeen, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Author : Timothy M. A. Utteridge
Publisher : La Mona Bismarck Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9781842466025
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook written by Timothy M. A. Utteridge and published by La Mona Bismarck Foundation. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 the tropics. Written by Kew's experts, this handbook is based on Kew's Tropical Plant Identification course, which uses classical morphology, as well as more simple 'spot' characters, to teach plant identification.

Author : Franklin S. Axelrod
Publisher : BRIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1889878332
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Systematic Vademecum to the Vascular Plants of Puerto Rico written by Franklin S. Axelrod and published by BRIT Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: