Tropical Plants of Costa Rica: A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora - Rilegato

Zuchowski, Willow

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0801445884 ISBN 13: 9780801445880

Casa editrice: Comstock Pub Assoc, 2007

Riassunto

Ranging from miniature epiphytic orchids to towering trees, and from mangrove forests lining coastal waterways to high-elevation cloud forests, Costa Rica's rich and varied flora dazzles visitors and botanists alike. Tropical Plants of Costa Rica, the first popular treatment to include plants from all regions of the country, is a guide to native and exotic species found in the neotropics.
This book is illustrated with more than 540 full-color photographs taken in the field, each depicting an entire plant or a closer view of flowers, fruits, or seeds. Instructive pen-and-ink drawings of botanical details also accompany many of the accounts. The text clearly explains each plant's identifying characteristics and reveals fascinating facts about its natural history, chemical properties, economic importance, and medicinal and other uses. Sidebar features throughout the book highlight conservation, ethnobotany, and ecology; their topics include unusual applications for plants, distinct attributes of certain plant families, and plants of particular microhabitats. Tropical Plants of Costa Rica is a resource for naturalists, students, and researchers, as well as both experienced and first-time visitors to Costa Rica and the American tropics.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Comstock Pub Assoc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0801445884
• ISBN 13: 9780801445880
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 529