Photographic Guide to Trees of Southern Africa

An invaluable identification and reference guide to 300 of the more common tree species in the region, both native and naturalised.
Descriptive species accounts highlighting the most important field identification characters.
More than 900 excellent full-colour photographs illustrating in particular the growth form, but also the flowers, fruit and bark of the various species.
Up-to-date distribution maps. Habitat preference of each species. Reference to similar and closely related species.
A series of icons giving the reader certain information about a specific tree at a glance. An innovative, easy-to-use identification guide to narrow down the possible species to which an unknown tree may belong.

Info autore

Ben-Erik van Wyk ist Professor für Botanik an der Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg, Südafrika. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind systematische und angewandte Botanik.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ben-Erik van Wyk, Braam Van Wyk, Piet van Wyk
• Editore: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft Stuttgart
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 11.11.2009
• EAN: 9783804724983
• ISBN: 978-3-8047-2498-3
• Pagine: 356
• Peso: 910 g
• Illustrazioni: w. 950 col. ill.
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Natura; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia