Synopses & Reviews
The Iberian peninsula is one of the richest botanical regions of Europe. The Flowers of South-West Europe is a unique field guide, describing over 2,400 different flowering plants and including hundreds of line drawings, color photographs, and detailed keys for easy identification. The book also provides a firsthand account of the best plant-hunting areas of the region. The maps, landscape photographs, and double-page spreads of local plants will give readers a lively idea of where to go and what to look for. First published in 1988, this classic text by one of the world's foremost botanists has never been surpassed. The only comprehensive guide to the flora of southwest Europe, this reissued version will delight botanists, gardeners, conservationists, and naturalists interested in the Iberian peninsula, and will appeal also to the many travelers to this popular region.
About the Author
Oleg Polunin, who died in 1985, is renowned world-wide for his work as a botanist and plant photographer, and for his remarkable series of field guides to the flora of Europe and of the Himalayas. Bryan Smythies has travelled widely in the Iberian Peninsula, and is author of a number of other natural history books .
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Signs and abbreviations
1. Landform, climate, and vegetation
2. The plant-hunting regions
3. The identification of species
Index of popular names
Index of place names
Colour plates of plants
Index of plants
Bibliography