Mountain Flowers and Trees of Caucasia

Mountain Flowers & Trees of Caucasia describes and illustrates in full colour nearly all the wild flowers, trees and shrubs that can be found over 1,000 metres above sea level - 1,009 species.

About the author

Shamil Shetekauri is Georgian and was born in 1955 high in Greater Caucasus. He is Professor of Botany at Javakhishvili State University, Tbilisi, and his current research interests are in floral diversity, ecology and endemism in Mediterranean and Caucasian mountains.
Martin Jacoby is English and was born in 1938. He read zoology at Oxford, taught in schools for 18 years, then led field-studies tours in Caucasia, Europe, Africa & South America for 20 years. He is now retired.
Tolkha Shetekauri is Shamil's son and also a botanist. He was born in 1992. He has a bachelor degree in biology and is now reading a masters in Natural Resources Management. He works in the Department of Plant Conservation in the National Botanical Garden of Georgia, Tbilisi. His current research interests are in botany, biodiversity and conservation biology.

Summary

Mountain Flowers & Trees of Caucasia describes and illustrates in full colour nearly all the wild flowers, trees and shrubs that can be found over 1,000 metres above sea level – 1,009 species.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Jacoby, Jacoby Shetekauri, Shamil Shetekauri, Tolkha Shetekauri
• Publisher: Pelagic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781784271732
• ISBN: 978-1-78427-173-2
• No. of pages: 395
• Dimensions: 218 mm x 146 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 632 g
• Illustrations: 5 Maps; 1049 Illustrations, color
• Series: Pelagic Identification Guides
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works