Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America [electronic resource] : Bahamas to Yucatan

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morton, Julia F. (Julia Francis), 1912-1996.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicinal plants--Caribbean Area.

Medicinal plants.

Plants, Medicinal--Americas--Atlases.

Plants.

Eukaryota.

Organelles.

Plants, Medicinal.

Americas.

Medical Subjects:

Plants.

Eukaryota.

Organelles.

Plants, Medicinal.

Americas.

Local Subjects:

Medicinal plants--Caribbean Area.

Medicinal plants.

Plants, Medicinal--Americas--Atlases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1461 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America

Place of Publication:

: Charles C Thomas, 1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This unique and authoritative reference encompasses more than one thousand medicinal plants used by people of northern South America, the West Indies, the Bahamas, and Central America as far north as Yucatan. By extension, this population includes many Caribbean and Latin Americans residents of the United States.

Contents:

HALF TITLE: Atlas of MEDICINAL PLANTS OF MIDDLE AMERICA; TITLE PAGE: Atlas of MEDICINAL PLANTS OF; TITLE PAGE: MIDDLE AMERICA Bahamas to Yucatan; WEST INDIAN WEED SONG.; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Contents; Atlas of MEDICINAL PLANTS OF MIDDLE AMERICA; EQUISETACEAE; SELAGINELLACEAE; DICKSONIACEAE; POLYPODIACEAE; SCHIZAEACEAE; OSMUNDACEAE; CYCADACEAE; PINACEAE; CUPRESSACEAE; ALISMATACEAE; GRAMINEAE; CYPERACEAE; PALMAE; ARACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; COMMELINACEAE; LILIACEAE; SMILACACEAE; DIOSCOREACEAE; AGAVACEAE; AMARYLLIDACEAE; HAEMODORACEAE; IRIDACEAE; MUSACEAE; ZINGIBERACEAE; COSTACEAE

CANNACEAEMARANTACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PIPERACEAE; PICRODENDRACEAE; SALICACEAE; MYRICACEAE; JUGLANDACEAE; FAGACEAE; ULMACEAE; MORACEAE; URTICACEAE; PROTEACEAE; LORANTHACEAE; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; POLYGONACEAE; CHENOPODIACEAE; AMARANTHACEAE; NYCTAGINACEAE; BATIDACEAE; PHYTOLACCACEAE; AIZOACEAE; PORTULACACEAE; BASELLIACEAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; NYMPHAEACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; MENISPERMACEAE; WINTERACEAE (formerly in MAGNOLIACEAE); MAGNOLIACEAE; ANNONACEAE; MONIMIACEAE; LAURACEAE; CANELLACEAE; HERNANDIACEAE; PAPAVERACEAE; CAPPARACEAE; CRUCIFERAE; MORINGACEAE; DROSERACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; CHRYSOBALANACEAE

ROSACEAELEGUMINOSAE; KRAMERIACEAE; GERANIACEAE; OXALIDACEAE; TROPAEOLACEAE; ERYTHROXYLACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE; RUTACEAE; SIMAROUBACEAE; BURSERACEAE; MELIACEAE; MALPIGHIACEAE; POLYGALACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; HIPPOCASTANACEAE; ANACARDIACEAE; HIPPOCRATEACEAE; CELASTRACEAE; SAPINDACEAE; BALSAMINACEAE; RHAMNACEAE; VITACEAE; ELAEOCARPACEAE; TILIACEAE; MALVACEAE; BOMBACACEAE; STERCULIACEAE; DILLENIACEAE; OCHNACEAE; MARCGRAVIACEAE; GUTTIFERAE; BIXACEAE; VIOLACEAE; COCHLOSPERMACEAE; FLACOURTIACEAE; TURNERACEAE; PASSIFLORACEAE; CARICACEAE; LOASACEAE; BEGONIACEAE; CACTACEAE; LYTHRACEAE; PUNICACEAE

RHIZOPHORACEAECOMBRETACEAE; MYRTACEAE; MELASTOMACEAE; ARALIACEAE; UMBELLIFERAE; ERICACEAE; THEOPHRASTACEAE; PLUMBAGINACEAE; SAPOTACEAE; EBENACEAE; LOGANIACEAE; STYRACACEAE; GENTIANACEAE; MENYANTHACEAE (sometimes included in GENTIANACEAE); APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIADACEAE; CUSCUTACEAE; CONVOLVULACEAE; HYDROPHYLLACEAE; BORAGINACEAE; VERBENACEAE; LABIATAE; SOLANACEAE; SCROPHULARIACEAE; BIGNONIACEAE; MARTYNIACEAE; PEDALIACEAE; GESNERIACEAE; ACANTHACEAE; MYOPORACEAE; PLANTAGINACEAE; RUBIACEAE; CAPRIFOLIACEAE; VALERIANACEAE; CUCURBITACEAE; COMPOSITAE; Illustrations; Notes

Classified List of Medicinal Plants According to Principal UsesBIBLIOGRAPHY; SCIENTIFIC NAME INDEX; VERNACULAR NAME INDEX; ATLAS OF MEDICINAL PLANTS OF MIDDLE AMERICA

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-398-08969-8

OCLC:

851972466