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Diversidad Florística |
A photographic book, with Spanish text, illustrating flowering
plant diversity in the montane forests of northern Peru.
plant diversity in the montane forests of northern Peru.
with full-page color photographs of habitats, plant habit and detailed
close-ups of flower and/or fruits. Initial chapters provide biodiversity
data for seven departments in northwestern Peru.
Discussion of each genus contains information on plant form,
habitat preferences, recorded elevations, Peruvian departmental
and extra-Peruvian geographic distributions, and common names
when available.
In addition, an annotated floristic checklist of the montane forests
containing ca. 1500 species of ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms
represented by vouchers is presented as an appendix.
Future volumes in this series will treat the floras of other northern
Peruvian environments in more detail, including coastal deserts,
páramos, and eastern Peruvian rain forests.
Paperback, 6.5" x 9.5", 305 pps., US$35.00
USA & Canada + US$7.00 ~ Foreign Ground + US$10.00 ~ Airmail + US$25.00