Identify Common Tropical and Subtropical Ornamental Plants by Flower Colour - A Nature Guide for the Journey

This book is a practical, compact guide for the identification of common tropical and subtropical ornamental plants by flower colour. It is intended for anyone who is interested in plants and would like to get to know the attractive flowering plants of warm regions while travelling.

Certainly everyone in a foreign country has at some point admired a particularly exotic flower and wished to know which plant it is. With appealing photos and comprehensible texts, this book provides the answer - quickly and easily.
The author is an experienced tour guide and is regularly asked for eye-catching, ornamental plants on the way. She photographed the frequently requested plants and arranged them according to colour in this nature guide. This book is also suitable for beginners without previous botanical knowledge due to its illustrations and simple sorting.

List of contents

Foreword.- Introduction.- Yellow flowers.- Orange flowers.- Red flowers.- Pink flowers.- Blue flowers.- White flowers.- Appendix.

About the author

Katharina Kreissig studied biology at the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel. She works at Springer Nature in the field of academic distance education and part-time studies. She also works as a lecturer, nature guide, and scientific tour guide for study trips focusing on biology, including expedition cruise trips.

Summary

Allows easy plant determination based on flower colour
Describes  common tropical and subtropical ornamental plants understandably
Contains selected beautiful photos of the flowers
Provides  interesting information on individual plant species
Includes  English, German, French, Spanish and Dutch names of plants.
Handy for trips to the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, Florida and the Mediterranean region (Balearic Islands, Spain, France, Portugal, Spain, etc.).
Wide-ranging use in nature tourism, ecotourism and on study trips

Product details

• Authors: Katharina Kreissig
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Original title: Häufige tropische und subtropische Zierpflanzen schnell nach Blütenfarbe bestimmen
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2019
• EAN: 9783662588161
• ISBN: 978-3-662-58816-1
• No. of pages: 100
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 5 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 180 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 100 p. 91 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; Umwelt, Reise, Urlaub, B, Biowissenschaften, allgemein, Nature, Evolution, popular science, Life Sciences, Environment, Nature & the natural world: general interest, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Taxonomy & systematics, Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Plant systematics, Plant Evolution, Plant taxonomy, Popular Science in Nature and Environment, Popular Life Sciences, Systematic Botany