A PICTORIAL FIELD GUIDE TO THE WOODY PLANTS OF THE AMAZON - VOLUME III: CACTACEAE - GESNERIACEAE - Softcover

Van Roosmalen, Dr. Marc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 6138946014 ISBN 13: 9786138946014

Verlag: Scholars' Press, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

Here, we present the first illustrated field guide to all woody plants from the Amazon. The work is divided over nine volumes. Volume I focuses on the fruits of woody plants known from the Guayanan Shield. It offers 208 plates with line drawings and aquarelle paintings of 2,000 species of fruit. Volumes II – IX describe and depict botanical and ecological field characters of all woody plants known from the Amazon. They cover 109 families, 1,000 genera and ±5,000 species, each volume treating families in alphabetical order. This volume (III) treats Cactaceae through Gesneriaceae. This ‘Flora Amazonica’ is the result of my lifetime research on plant-animal relations in the Amazon. It is built upon 3 earlier works: ‘Het Surinaams Vruchtenboek’ (1977); ‘Fruits of the Guianan Flora’ (1985); and ‘Wild Fruits from the Amazon’ (2014-18). From 1986 on, I have worked on my magnum opus, along with other Amazon biodiversity projects. I now thank all botanists and field explorers, past and present, that collected and named the myriad of plants I had to examine in order to compile it.

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Dr. Marc van Roosmalen is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished field biologists of our time; he's even likened to "a modern day Alexander von Humboldt". Like some of the great explorers of the 19th century, Van Roosmalen is a hands-on naturalist, spending much of his time in the Amazonian wilderness.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Scholars' Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 6138946014
• ISBN 13: 9786138946014
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 344
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