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A new edition of a key text on ecologically and economically vital intertidal tropical plant communities.
List of contents
Part I. General Account: 1. Historical prelude; 2. Ecology; 3. Floristics; 4. Biogeography; 5. Shoots and leaf systems; 6. Structural biology; 7. Root systems; 8. Water relations and salt balance; 9. Flowering; 10. Seedlings and seeds; 11. Mangroves and people; Part II. Detailed Description of Families: Acanthaceae; Anacardiaceae; Apocynaceae; Arecaceae (Palmae); Asteraceae (Compositae); Avicenniaceae (Acanthaceae); Bataceae (Batidaceae); Bignoniaceae; Bombacaceae (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae); Celastraceae; Clusiaceae (Calophyllaceae); Combretaceae; Ebenaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Fabaceae (Leguminosae); Flacourtiaceae; Goodeniaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Malvaceae (Malvoideae); Melastomataceae; Meliaceae; Myristicaceae; Pellicieraceae; Plumbaginaceae; Primulaceae (Myrsinaceae: Myrsinoideae); Pteridaceae; Rhizophoraceae; Rubiaceae; Rutaceae; Sapindaceae; Sapotaceae; Sonneratiaceae (Lythraceae); Sterculiaceae (Malvaceae: Sterculioideae); Tiliaceae (Malvaceae: Brownlowioideae).
About the author
P. Barry Tomlinson is Professor Emeritus of Botany at Harvard University, Massachusetts; Crum Professor of Tropical Botany at the National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii; and Research Associate of the Montgomery Botanical Center, Coral Gables, Florida. He is a leading scholar on the botany of tropical plants, and has published widely on plant anatomy and morphology across a diverse range of communities and species, including palms, aborescent monocotyledons, seagrasses, gymnosperms and mangroves.
Summary
This book provides an introduction to mangroves, distinctive plant communities that occupy tropical intertidal zones. A new edition of a leading text in the field, the book covers mangrove taxonomy, habitat-specific features, reproduction and socio-economic value, and incorporates new knowledge on taxa, vivipary and evolution.
