Palms of southern Asia / Andrew Henderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henderson, Andrew, 1950-

Series:

Princeton field guides.

Princeton field guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palms--South Asia--Identification.

Palms.

Botany--South Asia.

Botany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press ; Bronx, N.Y. : New York Botanical Garden, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Southern Asia is a vast and ecologically diverse region that extends from the deserts of Afghanistan to the rainforests of Thailand, and is home to a marvelously rich palm flora. Palms of Southern Asia is the only complete field guide to the 43 genera and 352 species of palms and rattans that occur in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. This attractive guide's handsome illustrations and succinct, authoritative, and jargon-free text make identification easy. Each species account includes the correct scientific and common names, and fully describes morphology, habitat, and uses. Featuring a distribution map for most species and 256 full-color photographs, this is also the only field guide to cover the extremely diverse palm flora of Vietnam, and the first to offer a taxonomic overview of the rattan species of Southern Asia. Palms of Southern Asia is a book of major importance for botanists and an invaluable aid for naturalists and conservationists, and it's the perfect field guide for ecotourists traveling in the region. Covers all 352 naturally occurring palms in Southern Asia Features full-color photographs of 256 species, many never before illustrated Includes a distribution map for most species Provides the first taxonomic overview of the rattans of Southern Asia

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword / Dransfield, John

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Palms of Southern Asia

1. Areca - 21. Kerriodoxa

22. Korthalsia - 43. Wallichia

Appendix. Checklist of Species by Country or Region

References

Index of Common Names

Index of Scientifi c Names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-63931-5

9786612639319

1-4008-3299-3

OCLC:

700687116