Palms of Southern Asia

Zusatztext " The Palms of Southern Asia is going to be an extremely useful book that will earn Henderson immense respect and gratitude in the region and throughout the botanical community." ---William J. Baker! Kew Bulletin Informationen zum Autor Andrew Henderson is a curator at the Institute of Systematic Botany at the New York Botanical Garden. His books include Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas and Flowering Plants of the Neotropics (both Princeton). Klappentext "This is a very well-organized field guide. It is clear in its presentation of the facts and the language is without unnecessary complications. The science behind this popular presentation is very sound. The descriptions in general are very concise."--Henrik Balslev! University of Aarhus! Denmark Zusammenfassung Southern Asia is a vast and ecologically diverse region that extends from the deserts of Afghanistan to the rainforests of Thailand, and is home to a marvelously rich palm flora. This title deals with the 43 genera and 352 species of palms and rattans that occur in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, and Myanmar.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Henderson, Henderson Andrew
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 17.05.2009
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works
• EAN: 9780691134499
• ISBN: 978-0-691-13449-9
• Pages: 200
• Series: Princeton Field Guides; Princeton Field Guides
• Subjects: Herbarium, Borneo, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan, Ficus, Trachycarpus, NATURE / Plants / General, Burundi, Asia, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, East Africa, Botany, Cambodia, Yunnan, Guangdong, Albatross, Southeast Asia, Rainforest, Trees, wildflowers & plants, Botany & plant sciences, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Botany and plant sciences, new guinea, Guangxi, Meghalaya, Palm Wine, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, nomenclature, endosperm, Thicket, Deciduous, Leaf scar, Andaman islands, Petal, Inflorescence, Bract, germination, Date palm, seedling, Bonin Islands, Sepal, Synonym (taxonomy), Petiole (botany), Peduncle (botany), Fruit anatomy, Calamus (palm), Livistona, Peninsular Malaysia, Caryota, Nicobar Islands, Oncosperma fasciculatum, Salacca, Areca catechu, Korthalsia, Corypha, Nannorrhops, Eugeissona, Plectocomiopsis, Trachycarpus fortunei, Arenga, Areca, Caryota Urens, Wallichia, Rhapis, Phoenix pusilla, Pinanga tashiroi, Phoenix rupicola, Birds of Australia, Brown hair, Borassus, Leaflet (botany), Corypha umbraculifera, Eleiodoxa, Arenga micrantha, Borassus flabellifer, Licuala