The new edition of Seeds contains new information on many topics discussed in the first edition, such as fruit/seed heteromorphism, breaking of physical dormancy and effects of inbreeding depression on germination. New topics have been added to each chapter, including dichotomo…
"Eastern African rain forests are remarkable in their high level of endemism. Miocene uplift of the central African plateau separated these montane and coastal forests from the main Guineo-Congolian forest of west and central Africa. Since then, stable Indian Ocean temperatures …
. Eighteen are endemic to Madagascar and five occur in continental African (Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe). The study is based on herbarium material and living plants. The varieties P. baronii var. windsorii and P. rosulatum var. gracilius are raised t…
Molecular studies reveal highly ordered geographic patterns in plant and animal distributions. The tropics illustrate these patterns of community immobilism leading to allopatric differentiation, as well as other patterns of mobilism, range expansion, and overlap of taxa. Integr…
Rosaceae, one of the largest of angiosperms is represented in Siberian flora by 32 genera, comprising 214 species.
This book is a comprehensive review of the genera of Cyperaceae, a family of graminoid, monocotyledonous flowering plants, found in Siberia. It presents information on their character, occurrence, habitat, phenotypic variations and distribution of the species under these genera.
Studie over de botanische activiteiten van de VOC-bewindhebber in Malabar, Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakenstein (1636-1691).
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…
by Lansdown, R. V., Rumsey, F. J., Oswald, P. H.
fromBSBI handbook
"Provides guidance on the identification of all species, subspecies and varieties of water-starwort that have been reliably recorded in the wild in Europe. The handbook is primarily intended as a field guide for use by botanists with some familiarity with identifying aquatic pla…
