The Mountain Flora of Java: containing 57 plates with pictures of 456 species of flowering plants native in the mountains of Java made from living specimens in colours.

Steenis, C.

ISBN 10: 9004035591 / ISBN 13: 9789004035591

Published by E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1972

About this Item

Folio sized green cloth with gilt cover and spine titles. Internally very crisp, clean and bright. Boards are marked, spine faded, top board slightly warped. Errata slip tucked inside. With 26 figures, 72 photographs and 57 stunning coloured plates. The Mountain Flora of Java is an engaging and informative study of the mountain plants of Java and their environment, covering topics such as geography, climate, altitudinal zonation, volcanism, vegetation types, plant formations and the origins and relationship of the flora.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Mountain Flora of Java: containing 57 plates with pictures of 456 species of flowering plants native in the mountains of Java made from living specimens in colours.
• Publisher: E. J. Brill, Leiden
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004035591
• ISBN 13: 9789004035591
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Hamzah, A. & Toha, M.
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 2.4 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • World Botany

About this title

Synopsis

The mountain flora of Java constitutes a unique natural heritage of Indonesia and indeed of the whole world. The most informative and most beautifully illustrated book ever written on this rich resource is doubtlessly The Mountain Flora of Java written by the late renowned Dutch biologist C.G.G.J. van Steenis, with unsurpassed paint drawings of 456 flowering plant species by Amir Hamzah and Moehamad Toha. The first edition from 1972 was sold out fairly soon. Brill is therefore proud to publish this edition of this seminal work at this point in time.

There are three very good reasons to reprint the Mountain Flora both in English and in the Indonesian language.
- First of all there is the importance of this flora for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of the vulnerable mountain ecosystems of Java.
- Secondly, the unique style and quality of the 456 plant portraits by Amir Hamzah and Moehamad Toha.
- Thirdly there is the science, explaining and interpreting the rich botanical diversity in the mountains of Java.

Although written over 40 years ago Van Steenis' approach to the study of botany can still serve as an example and inspiration for young botanists, conservationists and policy makers.