Maarten J M Christenhusz; Michael F Fay; Mark W Chase Plants of the World : An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants (Hardcover)

Plants of the World will be the first comprehensive book to cover every vascular plant family in the world, over 450. Organized in phylogenetic order, each family is illustrated, and described in terms of characteristics, relationships, etymology, economic uses, and distribution. The text is a collaboration of three Kew botanists, two of whom author our recently delivered Book of Orchids copub. While Plants of the World will be amply illustrated like a Book of, it will be an essential resource for practicing botanists and also a work that is likely to be used in botany graduate courses too, as a foundational reference. Plants of the World is the first book to systematically explore every vascular plant family on earth--more than four hundred and fifty of them--organized in a modern phylogenetic order. Detailed entries for each family include descriptions, distribution, evolutionary relationships, and fascinating information on economic uses of plants and etymology of their names. All entries are also copiously illustrated in full color with more than 2,500 stunning photographs. A collaboration among three celebrated botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Plants of the World is authoritative, comprehensive, and beautiful. Covering everything from ferns to angiosperms, it will be an essential resource for practicing botanists, horticulturists, and nascent green thumbs alike. • Author: Maarten J M Christenhusz,Michael F Fay,Mark W Chase • ISBN:9780226522920 • Format:Hardcover • Publication Date:2017-11-13

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SKU: WA55820325