Palms of southern Asia /
| Author / Creator: | Henderson, Andrew, 1950- |
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| Imprint: | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press ; Bronx, N.Y. : New York Botanical Garden, c2009. |
| Description: | 199 p., 64 p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton field guides Princeton field guides. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7993945 |
| 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 includes the correct scientific and common names, and fully describes morphology, habitat, and uses. Featuring a distribution map for most species and 256 full-color photographs, this is also the only field guide to cover the extremely diverse palm flora of Vietnam, and the first to offer a taxonomic overview of the rattan species of Southern Asia. Covers all 352 naturally occurring palms in Southern Asia Features full-color photographs of 256 species, many never before illustrated Includes a distribution map for most species Provides the first taxonomic overview of the rattans of Southern Asia |
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| Physical Description: | 199 p., 64 p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-185) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780691134499 0691134499 |
