Flowering Plants of the Galapagos

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Year: 1999
Pages: 370
Binding Paperback
ISBN 801486211

Product Code: 756776171

Description

Conley K. McMullen (au); Ghillean Prance (fr). The Galapagos Islands are home to a wide-ranging assortment of unusual plants & animals. This is the first accessible & in-depth guide to the plant life of the area. The book: introduces the botanical history of the islands & their varied ecological zones; allows easy identification of 436 flowering plants & provides the scientific, common, & family names, range, islands inhabited, habitat, description, & add’l. notes of interest; organizes species by form, leaf arrangement, & flower color, & includes descriptive plant drawings to aid in identification. Includes a map; a list of plants likely to be seen at popular tourist sites; & 266 color photos of flowering plants & 117 of plant pollinators, vegetation zones, non-flowering plants, & the islands themselves.

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