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Plants of Mount Kupe, Mwanenguba and the Bakossi Mountains, Cameroon, The: a conservation checklist
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Plants of Mount Kupe, Mwanenguba and the Bakossi Mountains, Cameroon, The: a conservation checklist
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Martin Cheek
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By (author) Benedict John Pollard
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By (author) Iain Darbyshire
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:512 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 297,Width 210 |
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| Category/Genre | Botany and plant sciences
Trees, wildflowers and plants |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781842460740
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| Classifications | Dewey:578.68096711 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Royal Botanic Gardens
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| Imprint |
Kew Publishing
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| Publication Date |
1 January 2004 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
With 2412 species described,of which 232 are assessed asglobally threatened and 82 asstrictly endemic, from an areaof 2390 km2, this bookdocuments what nowappears to be Tropical Africa's richest centre of diversity.Chapters are included on Red Data plant species (with16 pages of colour), vegetation, the physicalenvironment, ethnobotany and medicinal plants, sacredgroves, the vertebrate fauna, invasive, alien and weedyplants, and the protected areas system.
Author Biography
Martin Cheek is a botanist in the Wet Tropics of Africa Team, based at the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Iain Darbyshire is part of the Drylands Africa Team in the Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Jean-Michel Onana is a botanist based at the IRAD-National Herbarium of Cameroon.
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