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Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana [Kõva köide]

  • Formaat: Hardback, 685 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 33 g, Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 30-Nov-2009
  • Kirjastus: Kew Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1842461834
  • ISBN-13: 9781842461839
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Hardback, 685 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 33 g, Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 30-Nov-2009
  • Kirjastus: Kew Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1842461834
  • ISBN-13: 9781842461839
Teised raamatud teemal:
Northern Botswana and surrounding regions boast a rich and scientifically important diversity of plants and animals, which attract large numbers of tourists and other visitors.
This authoritative work, based on a systematic botanical survey, is designed for use in the field. Accessible and concise text, together with more than 2,400 specially produced photographs of plants in the bush, describe thekey fetures of some 530 flowering herbs, trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses and sedges. Traditional uses and beliefs concerning each species are contributed by local people.
An essential guide for all those wanting to study and enjoy the flora of the area, this book is an invaluable tool for researchers, wildlife managers, amateur botanists, students, rangers, guides and tourists alike.

Northern Botswana and surrounding regions boast a rich and scientifically important diversity of plants and animals, which attract large numbers of tourists and other visitors.

At last, a cooperative venture between the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the National Museum of Botswana and the Selinda Foundation has produced a concise modern handbook to aid the identification of the plants of this region.

This authoritative work, based on a systematic botanical survey, is designed for use in the field. Accessible and concise text, together with more than 2,400 specially produced photographs of plants in the bush, describe the key features of some 530 flowering herbs, trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses and sedges. Traditional uses and beliefs concerning each species are contributed by local people.

An essential guide for all those wanting to study and enjoy the flora of the area, this book is an invaluable tool for researchers, conservationists, amateur botanists, students, rangers, guides and tourists alike.

Northern Botswana and the surrounding regions are home to a rich diversity of plants, and this ambitious field guide offers detailed accounts of more than 550 flowering herbs, trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses, and sedges. More than two thousand color photographs illustrate key identification features, while detailed information on habitat, flowering period, and uses of the various species flesh out the accounts. It is an invaluable tool for researchers, wildlife managers, and amateur botanists alike.

Foreword vi
Preface 1(1)
Acknowledgements 2(2)
How to use this book
4(3)
Area covered and habitat overview
7(555)
Where is Selinda?
7(1)
Sources of water
7(3)
Selinda's habitats - overview
10(1)
Description of habitats
11(10)
Plants of Northern Botswana and the Okavango Delta
Blue or blue-purple flowers
21(41)
Green or greenish flowers
62(49)
Orange, brown or red-brown flowers
111(36)
Pink, red or red-purple flowers
147(51)
Yellow or cream flowers
198(125)
White or whitish flowers
323(102)
Grasses
425(91)
Introduction to the grasses
426(2)
Simple spike
428(2)
Spike of spikes
430(17)
Digitate spike
447(10)
False raceme
457(7)
Plumose panicle
464(1)
Open panicle
465(26)
Subcontracted panicle
491(11)
Contracted panicle
502(5)
Spike-like panicle
507(9)
Sedges and sedge-like plants
516(42)
Introduction to sedges and sedge-like plants
518(2)
Capitate
520(7)
Umbel-like clusters
527(22)
Umbel-like with single spikelets
549(3)
Unbranched pseudolateral
552(2)
Branched pseudolateral
554(1)
Panicle
555(2)
Terminal elongate
557(1)
Ferns and aquatic plants with no visible flowers
558(4)
Contributors 562(2)
Bibliography 564(3)
Glossary of terms 567(5)
Synopsis of plants in this book 572(6)
Common names index 578(10)
Scientific names index 588