Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas (eBook)

Rodrigo Bernal, Gloria Galeano, Andrew Henderson (Autoren)

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2019
502 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-19770-8 (ISBN)

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This user-friendly and authoritative book will serve scientists, growers, and sightseers as a guide to the 67 genra and 550 species of naturally occurring palms found in the Americas. Its purpose is to give an introduction to the diversity of palms and allow almost anyone to identify a palm from this part of the world.Andrew Henderson is Assistant Scientist at the New York Botanical Garden. Gloria Galeano and Rodrigo Bernal are Assistant Professors at the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota.Originally published in 1995.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.4.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 200 x 200 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Schlagworte: Acoelorrhaphe • Acrocomia • Acrocomia aculeata • Amazon Basin • Americas • Andes • Antioquia Department • Arecaceae • Astrocaryum • Atlantic Forest • Bactris • Belize • Bolivia • Bract • Butia • Central America • Ceroxyloideae • Ceroxylon • Ceroxylon alpinum • Ceroxylon echinulatum • Ceroxylon quindiuense • Ceroxylon sasaimae • Ceroxylon vogelianum • Chamaedorea • Chamaerops • Chelyocarpus • Chiapas • Coccothrinax • Coccothrinax argentata • Coconut Oil • Copernicia • Copernicia berteroana • Coppicing • Costa Rica • Cryosophila • Cycad • Date Palm • Dictyocaryum • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • Elaeis guineensis • Endosperm • Equisetum • Espeletia • Euterpe precatoria • Fabaceae • Fruit anatomy • Gaussia gomez-pompae • Geonoma • Guatemala • Gynoecium • Heart of palm • Herbarium • Hispaniola • Honduras • Infructescence • Iriartella • legume • Leopoldinia • Maize • Manicaria • Nicaragua • Northern South America • Opuntia • Osa Peninsula • Parajubaea • Peduncle (botany) • petal • Petiole (botany) • Petiole (insect anatomy) • Phytelephas • Podocarpus National Park • Pollen source • Pollination • Prestoea tenuiramosa • Rainforest • Rhapidophyllum • Rio Grande do Norte • Roystonea • Sabal • Sabal mexicana • Sabal palmetto • Savanna • Schippia • seedling • Serenoa • Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute • Socratea exorrhiza • South America • stamen • Syagrus botryophora • Synechanthus • thatching • the Guianas • Thrinax radiata • Tumaco • Vegetation • Venezuela • Wettinia
• ISBN-10: 0-691-19770-9 / 0691197709
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-19770-8 / 9780691197708