Author: T. G. Tutin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521201087
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Explores the synthesis of the national and regional Floras of Europe and the fifth and final volume covers the Monocotyledons.
Flora Europaea
Author: T. G. Tutin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521201087
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Explores the synthesis of the national and regional Floras of Europe and the fifth and final volume covers the Monocotyledons.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521201087
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Explores the synthesis of the national and regional Floras of Europe and the fifth and final volume covers the Monocotyledons.
Guide to Standard Floras of the World
Author: David G. Frodin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139428651
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
Book Description
This 2001 book provides a selective annotated bibliography of the principal floras and related works of inventory for vascular plants. The second edition was completely updated and expanded to take into account the substantial literature of the late twentieth century, and features a more fully developed review of the history of floristic documentation. The works covered are principally specialist publications such as floras, checklists, distribution atlases, systematic iconographies and enumerations or catalogues, although a relatively few more popularly oriented books are also included. The Guide is organised in ten geographical divisions, with these successively divided into regions and units, each of which is prefaced with a historical review of floristic studies. In addition to the bibliography, the book includes general chapters on botanical bibliography, the history of floras, and general principles and current trends, plus an appendix on bibliographic searching, a lexicon of serial abbreviations, and author and geographical indexes.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139428651
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
Book Description
This 2001 book provides a selective annotated bibliography of the principal floras and related works of inventory for vascular plants. The second edition was completely updated and expanded to take into account the substantial literature of the late twentieth century, and features a more fully developed review of the history of floristic documentation. The works covered are principally specialist publications such as floras, checklists, distribution atlases, systematic iconographies and enumerations or catalogues, although a relatively few more popularly oriented books are also included. The Guide is organised in ten geographical divisions, with these successively divided into regions and units, each of which is prefaced with a historical review of floristic studies. In addition to the bibliography, the book includes general chapters on botanical bibliography, the history of floras, and general principles and current trends, plus an appendix on bibliographic searching, a lexicon of serial abbreviations, and author and geographical indexes.
Flora Europaea: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones)
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants
Author: Lyle E. Craker
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9781560228578
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
As in previous volumes, readers will find a multidisciplinary forum for communicating knowledge related to the botany, horticulture, and pharmacology of herbs, spices, and medicinal plants. While magical and mystical powers have been associated with these plants through the ages, continued investigations in such areas as production, nomenclature, uses, chemical constitution, and dynamics help elucidate the affiliated chemical and physical processes that contribute to their unique flavor, fragrance, pharmacological, and other bioactive properties. This collection of articles examines the potential of natural products as pesticides, the richness of the Chinese Pharmacopeia, the similarities of Eastern Asian and Eastern North American medicinal plants, the use of borage as a source of gamma linolenic acid, and the botanical nomenclature of medicinal plants.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9781560228578
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
As in previous volumes, readers will find a multidisciplinary forum for communicating knowledge related to the botany, horticulture, and pharmacology of herbs, spices, and medicinal plants. While magical and mystical powers have been associated with these plants through the ages, continued investigations in such areas as production, nomenclature, uses, chemical constitution, and dynamics help elucidate the affiliated chemical and physical processes that contribute to their unique flavor, fragrance, pharmacological, and other bioactive properties. This collection of articles examines the potential of natural products as pesticides, the richness of the Chinese Pharmacopeia, the similarities of Eastern Asian and Eastern North American medicinal plants, the use of borage as a source of gamma linolenic acid, and the botanical nomenclature of medicinal plants.
Alpine Biodiversity in Europe
Author: Laszlo Nagy
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540001089
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
The United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, spawned a multitude of pro grammes aimed at assessing, managing and conserving the earth's biological diversity. One important issue addressed at the conference was the mountain environment. A specific feature of high mountains is the so-called alpine zone, i. e. the treeless regions at the uppermost reaches. Though covering only a very small proportion of the land surface, the alpine zone contains a rela tively large number of plants, animals, fungi and microbes which are specifi cally adapted to cold environments. This zone contributes fundamentally to the planet's biodiversity and provides many resources for mountain dwelling as well as lowland people. However, rapid and largely man-made changes are affecting mountain ecosystems, such as soil erosion, losses of habitat and genetic diversity, and climate change, all of which have to be addressed. As stated in the European Community Biodiversity Strategy, "the global scale of biodiversity reduction or losses and the interdependence of different species and ecosystems across national borders demands concerted international action". Managing biodiversity in a rational and sustainable way needs basic knowledge on its qualitative and quantitative aspects at local, regional and global scales. This is particularly true for mountains, which are distributed throughout the world and are indeed hot spots of biodiversity in absolute terms as well as relative to the surrounding lowlands.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540001089
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
The United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, spawned a multitude of pro grammes aimed at assessing, managing and conserving the earth's biological diversity. One important issue addressed at the conference was the mountain environment. A specific feature of high mountains is the so-called alpine zone, i. e. the treeless regions at the uppermost reaches. Though covering only a very small proportion of the land surface, the alpine zone contains a rela tively large number of plants, animals, fungi and microbes which are specifi cally adapted to cold environments. This zone contributes fundamentally to the planet's biodiversity and provides many resources for mountain dwelling as well as lowland people. However, rapid and largely man-made changes are affecting mountain ecosystems, such as soil erosion, losses of habitat and genetic diversity, and climate change, all of which have to be addressed. As stated in the European Community Biodiversity Strategy, "the global scale of biodiversity reduction or losses and the interdependence of different species and ecosystems across national borders demands concerted international action". Managing biodiversity in a rational and sustainable way needs basic knowledge on its qualitative and quantitative aspects at local, regional and global scales. This is particularly true for mountains, which are distributed throughout the world and are indeed hot spots of biodiversity in absolute terms as well as relative to the surrounding lowlands.
Flowering Plant Families of the World
Author: Vernon Hilton Heywood
Publisher:
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Flowering plant families of the world is the successor to Flowering plants of the world (1978).
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Flowering plant families of the world is the successor to Flowering plants of the world (1978).
Mountain Flowers and Trees of Caucasia
Author: Shamil Shetekauri
Publisher: Pelagic Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9781784271732
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Mountain Flowers & Trees of Caucasia describes and illustrates in full colour nearly all the wild flowers, trees and shrubs that can be found over 1,000 metres above sea level - 1,009 species.
Publisher: Pelagic Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9781784271732
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Mountain Flowers & Trees of Caucasia describes and illustrates in full colour nearly all the wild flowers, trees and shrubs that can be found over 1,000 metres above sea level - 1,009 species.
Illustrated Flora of Mallorca
Author: Elspeth Beckett
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean
Author: David Burnie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780751327618
Category : Wild flowers
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The visual recognition guides in this series are designed to make identification as simple and accurate as possible. Each volume contains clear photographs and artwork with text. This handbook focuses on wildflowers of the Mediterranean.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780751327618
Category : Wild flowers
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The visual recognition guides in this series are designed to make identification as simple and accurate as possible. Each volume contains clear photographs and artwork with text. This handbook focuses on wildflowers of the Mediterranean.
Consolidated Index to Flora Europaea
Author: G. Halliday
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521224932
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Flora Europaea presents for the first time a synthesis of all the national and regional Floras of Europe. It is based on a critical review of existing literature and on studies on herbaria and in the field. It aims to be simple as well as authoritative, and should enable the reader to name as far as its subspecies any fern, conifer or flowering plant growing wild of wildly cultivated. The second of the four volumes covers the Dicotyledonous families from Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, following the Engler system. Apart from keys and descriptions, information is given on geographical distribution and, where possible, on habitat preference and chromosome number. all names used in current Floras or important monographs are cited in the text or index. The text, in English, uses a limited vocabulary, and there are glossaries of technical terms and Latin equivalents.
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521224932
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Flora Europaea presents for the first time a synthesis of all the national and regional Floras of Europe. It is based on a critical review of existing literature and on studies on herbaria and in the field. It aims to be simple as well as authoritative, and should enable the reader to name as far as its subspecies any fern, conifer or flowering plant growing wild of wildly cultivated. The second of the four volumes covers the Dicotyledonous families from Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, following the Engler system. Apart from keys and descriptions, information is given on geographical distribution and, where possible, on habitat preference and chromosome number. all names used in current Floras or important monographs are cited in the text or index. The text, in English, uses a limited vocabulary, and there are glossaries of technical terms and Latin equivalents.