Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants: Identification and Cultivation of Over 3000 Tropical Plants by Ahmed Fayaz (Author). An excellent reference for anybody interested on this planet's tropical flora.
Accessing detailed and correct information on tropical crops will not be always straightforward, but there's a huge curiosity in the beautiful and interesting flora from the tropical areas of the world. This e book is probably the most complete survey of tropical vegetation in a single publication to date.
Encyclopedia of Tropical Crops brings together over three,000 species of tropical vegetation chosen to reflect the key plant teams in the tropics all over the world. It uses essentially the most up-to-date nomenclature and systematics and arranges the species in family order, slightly than by the same old alphabetical genus identify, which makes identification and comparison of comparable plants easier. Species descriptions include the plant's leaves, flowers, stems and fruit, as well as its native habitat, distribution, blooming season and zone. Full-shade images illustrate the key features of the plants described.
Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants is an up-to-date, complete and authoritative reference for botanists, horticulturists, professional growers and tropical plant enthusiasts.
It is a severe ebook for lovers of tropical plants. The scholarship is impeccable, and the breadth extraordinary. Unlike most books on the market for the lay individual, this book is arranged by taxonomic household, quite than the standard arrangement by life type or - (gasp!) - flower color. Not since A. Graff's Exotica have we had a picture ebook that additionally has a strong taxonomic basis. Furthermore this isn't just a e book of pretty photos; the description of every species is detailed and actually useful. I'm really impressed with this work. Additionally, it's very good worth for money.
This book exceeds my expectations! The e-book is constructed on the systematics of APG II. So the families aren't orders alphabetically however according to the evolutionary tree of plants. This grouping allows to find the common traits that eg totally different households of an order share.
Many generas are included, even among the most vital species. The described vegetation are backed up with pictures. These are somewhat small, but due to the high information density of this guide, is is acceptable. The ebook is very heavy (I estimate 3-four kgs) so it makes my again bag pretty heavy on my journey a lot. However, this is it worth! I hope the day comes, where such books can be found as PDF.
You can use these book either as a reference work, however it is usually helpful for figuring out plants. For this use a sure information of the plant systematics is required.
Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants: Identification and Cultivation of Over 3000 Tropical Plants
Ahmed Fayaz (Author)
720 pages
Firefly Books (July 21, 2011)
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