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V. H. Heywood, Chief Scientist, Plant Conservation (retired), World Conservation Union.
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"Approximately 200 of the families are represented by exquisite, detailed, color illustrations that make the book well worth a place on a cocktail table. . . . suitable for any botany library, amateur or professional, personal or institutional." --C.T. Mason, Jr. (University of Arizona), Choice
"I was very happy to find this wonderful reference back in print. It is certain to excite another generation of plant lovers about the diversity of flowering plants." --Brittonia
"The exciting image of plants that this book presents could encourage students interested in plants to pursue careers in horticulture or other plant sciences. It is a fine addition to any horticultural library, and a book that anyone could turn to for the pleasure and enjoyment of learning more about flowering plants from around the world." --HortScience
"A quick, readable reference. . .Visually captivating. . . Detailed distribution maps vividly show global locations of all the plants."--American Herb Association Quarterly
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- PublisherSmithmark Pub
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0831734000
- ISBN 13 9780831734008
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages335
- EditorHeywood V. H.
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Flowering plants of the world / consultant editor: V. H. Heywood; advisory editors: D. M. Moore, I. B. K. Richardson, W. T. Stearn; artists: Victoria Goaman, Judith Dunkley, Christabel King
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First American Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Price tag to front of dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 335 pages; This gardening book examines more than 300 flowering plant families, and includes a superb series of accurate, specially commissioned photographs. It covers all the dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous families of the world, which are introduced by general notes, classification and a lengthy glossary, individual entries are by family with notes on distribution, diagnostic features, classification and economic uses. Physical description: 335p : col. Illus. , colour plates ; 28cm. Subjects: Angiospermae -- Plant families -- Vascular plants -- Taxonomy -- Flowers. Angiosperms - larpcal. Flowering plants 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 194680
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First American Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Price tag to front of dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 335 pages; This gardening book examines more than 300 flowering plant families, and includes a superb series of accurate, specially commissioned photographs. It covers all the dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous families of the world, which are introduced by general notes, classification and a lengthy glossary, individual entries are by family with notes on distribution, diagnostic features, classification and economic uses. Physical description: 335p : col. Illus. , colour plates ; 28cm. Subjects: Angiospermae -- Plant families -- Vascular plants -- Taxonomy -- Flowers. Angiosperms - larpcal. Flowering plants 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 194680
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