Synopses & Reviews
Thanks to a centuries-long tradition of exploration and plant collecting, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has accumulated an unsurpassed knowledge of tropical plant species.
The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook brings together decades of their research and identification expertise in a portable, easy-to-use resource perfect for tropical botanists as well as students and conservation professionals.
The first handbook to look at worldwide tropical species as a whole, it features a total of eighty-seven families. Each is described in detail and richly illustrated with photographs that show important identification characteristics. Line drawings, herbarium specimens, and distribution maps further add to the usefulness of this book. Each chapter is written by an expert on the featured species, ensuring that readers have thorough and accurate information.
About the Author
Timothy Utteridgeand#160;works on the Southeast Asia Team at the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and coorganizes Kewandrsquo;s Tropical Plant Identification course. He is coauthor ofand#160;Field Guide to the Plants of East Sabahand#160;and coeditor ofand#160;A Guide to the Alpine and Sub-Alpine Flora of Mount Jaya.Gemma Bramleyand#160;is a botanist at the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Her research interests are focused on the Lamiaceae and Gesneriaceae families, especially those from Southeast Asia, and she has undertaken fieldwork throughout the Old and New World tropics.and#160;and#160;
Table of Contents
Introduction
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How to use this book
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Family accounts (listed by Order)
Hymenophyllales
Cyatheales
Polypodiales
Magnoliales
Laurales
Alismatales
Dioscoreales
Liliales
Asparagales
Arecales
Commelinales
Zingiberales
Poales
Vitales
Zygophyllales
Fabales
Rosales
Fagales
Cucurbitales
Oxalidales
Malpighiales
Myrtales
Sapindales
Malvales
Santalales
Caryophyllales
Ericales
Unplaced
Gentianales
Boraginales
Solanales
Lamiales
Asterales
Apiales
Acknowledgements
References
Index of plant names