Ferns of Southern Africa: A Comprehensive Guide - Softcover

Burrows, John; Crouch, Neil; Klopper, Ronell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1770079106 ISBN 13: 9781770079106

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa, 2011

Synopsis

This beautiful book is a comprehensive guide to all the ferns of the southern African region. It will be of interest to botanists (both amateur and professional) and other academics, field guides and gardeners, and will be a welcome reference work in libraries and universities. The detailed and scientific text is accompanied by full-color photographs of all the species, including close-ups and diagnostic images. The only book of its kind covering the ferns of southern Africa.

All contributing authors are botanical authorities who have published both books and academic papers, and have been working on Complete Ferns for four years.

About this title

About the Author:

Prof. NEIL CROUCH is an ethno-botanist working for South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). He has authored numerous scientific papers and articles and co-authored Guide to Succulents of Southern Africa.

Review:

In this revised, expanded edition of a comprehensive guide to the ferns of southern Africa, readers will find identification noticeably thanks to a key process and improved organization. A two–page spread for each species contains details on the derivation of each name, a description of the species, and a chart that explains differences with comparable species. The text includes exceptionally clear photographs of each plant and its habitat, as well as a locator map providing some sense of a given plant’s distribution in the region.

This handbook is a significantly revised edition of written by John Burrows and illustrated by Sandra Burrows in 1990. The intent of the book is to allow readers without an extensive botanical background to identify the ferns of the region. To accomplish that, the book includes detailed text descriptions of the ferns coupled with detailed high-quality photographs and illustrations. In addition to John Burrows (botanist, researcher, author) and Sandra Burrows (horticulturist and field botanist), the authors of this edition are Crouch (ethnobotany unit, South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and researcher) and Klopper (plant taxonomist, SANBI).

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1770079106
• ISBN 13: 9781770079106
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 776