A field guide to the families and genera of Woody Plants of Northwest Douth America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), with supplementary Notes on Herbaceous Taxa / Alwyn H. Gentry ; illustrations by Rodolfo Vasquez
By: Gentry, Alwyn H [autor].
Contributor(s): Vásquez, Rodolfo [ilustrador].
Series: Washington, DC : The University Chicago Press, 1993Edition: First edition.Description: 895 páginas : with illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: texto Media type: no mediado Carrier type: volumenSubject(s): Woody plants -- Identification -- Colombia | Plantas leñosas -- Identificación -- Colombia | Woody plants -- Identification -- Ecuador | Plantas leñosas -- Identificación -- Ecuador | Woody plants -- Identifiaction -- Peru | Plantas leñosas -- Identificación -- PerúDDC classification: 582.1 /Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Published in association with Conservation International.
Key I: Leaves Opposite or Whorled (and Compound) -- Key II: Leaves alternate ( and Compound ) -- Key III: Leaves simple and Opposite (or Whorled) -- Key IV: Leaves simple and alternate -- Special habit lists and figures -- Ferns and gymnosperms -- Dicots.
This field guide is the first ever to deal with the extraordinarily diverse flora of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and adjacent areas. All known families that contain woody, epiphytic, or scadent species (Plus important herbaceous genera) in northwestern South America are included. Gentry incorporated much of his practical field experience into this book to present a new approach to the identification of tropical plants
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