Palms of Southern Asia /

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Author / Creator:Henderson, Andrew, 1950-
Imprint:Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press ; Bronx, N.Y. : New York Botanical Garden, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (199 pages, 64 pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps
Language:English
Series:Princeton field guides
Princeton field guides.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11243802
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ISBN:9781400832996
1400832993
1282639315
9781282639317
9786612639319
6612639318
9780691134499
0691134499
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and indexes.
English.
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Summary: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 inclu.
Geographic coverage:"The region defined in this book as Southern Asia includes all of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India (including the Andaman and Nicobar islands), Japan (including the Ryukyu and Bonin islands), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam"--Page 11
Other form:Print version: Henderson, Andrew, 1950- Palms of Southern Asia. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press ; Bronx, N.Y. : New York Botanical Garden, ©2009 9780691134499