Vegetables make up a major portion of the diet of humans and are critical for good health. With the world population predicted to reach 9 billion people by 2050, they will play an increasingly important role in food availability. The purpose of this book is to facilitate accur…
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The focus of the book is to consolidate the information on the principles of plant systematic, including detailed discussion on all major systems of classification, and significantly, also include discussion on the selected families of vascular plants, without sacrificing the di…
Presents the results of many years' fieldwork and research, providing a complete reference to all the known mango species. Each is described with details on botany, distribution and nomenclature, before a discussion of the various aspects of cultivation and use.
The purpose of this book is to serve as a user's guide to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants ("Code"), specifically the Melbourne Code. The title was formally changed at the XVIII International Botanical Congress in Melbourne in 2011, whereas prev…
This series gives an overview of the present knowledge of the about 100,000 species of the Palaearctic Coleoptera. The aim of Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera is to provide a tool that addresses the most urgent needs: 1. a list of available names, both valid and invalid, of t…
Among the various groups of aquatic insects, mayflies (Ephemeroptera) are of especial interest for professional limnologists and entomological researchers as well as for naturalists in general. Identification has traditionally been considered difficult and implementation in env…
The palm family is a group of plants of immense economic and horticultural significance. This book offers genus treatments, including complete descriptions, nomenclature, etymology and discussions of diversity, distribution, phylogeny, morphology, uses and ecology. All genera of…
