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Kew Plant Glossary, The: Second Edition
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Kew Plant Glossary, The: Second Edition
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Henk J. Beentje
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:200 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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| Category/Genre | Botany and plant sciences
Trees, wildflowers and plants |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781842466049
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| Classifications | Dewey:580 |
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| Edition |
2nd Revised edition
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Royal Botanic Gardens
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| Imprint |
Kew Publishing
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| Publication Date |
15 December 2015 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This plant glossary includes all descriptive terms used in floras, plant field guides and monographs. This is an essential companion for anyone working with plant descriptions, plant identification keys, floras, monographs and field guides. With the addition of over 400 new terms including a vegetation type section, this fully updated second edition now boasts 4,905 botanical terms and over 700 illustrations.
Author Biography
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.
Reviews"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"
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