Kew Tropical Plant Identification Handbook, The

Timothy Utteridge

ISBN 10: 184246602X / ISBN 13: 9781842466025

Published by Royal Botanic Gardens, GB, 2015

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. Seller Inventory # LU-9781842466025

Synopsis:

• A guide to the commonly encountered tropical plant families in a portable, easy-to-use handbook• Richly illustrated with each family represented by a full page of photographs (many unpublished), line drawings, herbarium specimens and a distribution map• Written by Kew experts, all of whom regularly work in the tropics and teach on the Kew Tropical Plant Identification course• Follows the new classification system, APG 3, and is arranged according to APG 3• Second edition includes 17 new families described, bringing the total number of families included up to 104

About the Author: 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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Kew Tropical Plant Identification Handbook, ...
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens, GB
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Paperback
Condition: New
Edition: 2nd Edition