Palms of Southern Asia.
Title:
Palms of Southern Asia.
Author:
Henderson, Andrew.
ISBN:
9781400832996
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (523 pages)
Series:
Princeton Field Guides
Contents:
Cover -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Palm Regions in Southern Asia -- Layout of the Book -- Classification of Southern Asian Palms -- Morphology of Palms -- Key to the Genera of Palms in Southern Asia -- THE PALMS OF SOUTHERN ASIA -- 1. Areca -- 2. Arenga -- 3. Bentinckia -- 4. Borassodendron -- 5. Borassus -- 6. Calamus -- 7. Caryota -- 8. Ceratolobus -- 9. Chuniophoenix -- 10. Clinostigma -- 11. Cocos -- 12. Corypha -- 13. Cyrtostachys -- 14. Daemonorops -- 15. Eleiodoxa -- 16. Eugeissona -- 17. Guihaia -- 18. Hyphaene -- 19. Iguanura -- 20. Johannesteijsmannia -- 21. Kerriodoxa -- 22. Korthalsia -- 23. Licuala -- 24. Livistona -- 25. Loxococcus -- 26. Maxburretia -- 27. Myrialepis -- 28. Nannorrhops -- 29. Nenga -- 30. Nypa -- 31. Oncosperma -- 32. Orania -- 33. Phoenix -- 34. Pholidocarpus -- 35. Pinanga -- 36. Plectocomia -- 37. Plectocomiopsis -- 38. Rhapis -- 39. Rhopaloblaste -- 40. Salacca -- 41. Satakentia -- 42. Trachycarpus -- 43. Wallichia -- APPENDIX: Checklist of Species by Country or Region -- REFERENCES -- INDEX OF COMMON NAMES -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Z.
Abstract:
Southern Asia is a vast and ecologically diverse region that extends from the deserts of Afghanistan to the rainforests of Thailand, and is home to a marvelously rich palm flora. Palms of Southern Asia is the only complete field guide to the 43 genera and 352 species of palms and rattans that occur in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. This attractive guide's handsome illustrations and succinct, authoritative, and jargon-free text make identification easy. Each species account includes the correct scientific and common names, and fully describes morphology, habitat, and uses. Featuring a distribution map for most species and 256 full-color photographs, this is also the only field guide to cover the extremely diverse palm flora of Vietnam, and the first to offer a taxonomic overview of the rattan species of Southern Asia. Palms of Southern Asia is a book of major importance for botanists and an invaluable aid for naturalists and conservationists, and it's the perfect field guide for ecotourists traveling in the region. Covers all 352 naturally occurring palms in Southern Asia Features full-color photographs of 256 species, many never before illustrated Includes a distribution map for most species Provides the first taxonomic overview of the rattans of Southern Asia.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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