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ISBN: | 9781400832996 1400832993 1282639315 9781282639317 9786612639319 6612639318 9780691134499 0691134499
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and indexes. English. Print version record.
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Summary: | Southern Asia is a vast and ecologically diverse region that extends from the deserts of Afghanistan to the rainforests of Thailand, and is home to a marvelously rich palm flora. Palms of Southern Asia is the only complete field guide to the 43 genera and 352 species of palms and rattans that occur in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. This attractive guide's handsome illustrations and succinct, authoritative, and jargon-free text make identification easy. Each species account inclu.
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Geographic coverage: | "The region defined in this book as Southern Asia includes all of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India (including the Andaman and Nicobar islands), Japan (including the Ryukyu and Bonin islands), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam"--Page 11
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Other form: | Print version: Henderson, Andrew, 1950- Palms of Southern Asia. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press ; Bronx, N.Y. : New York Botanical Garden, ©2009 9780691134499
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