Humiriaceae /

This book provides a comprehensive monograph of the family Humiraceae. It includes information on economic botany, conservation, phylogenetic relationships, taxonomic history, ecology, cytology, anatomy and phytochemistry, among other topics. This volume is illustrated with line drawings, black and...

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Main Author: Prance, Ghillean T., 1937- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021].
Series:Flora neotropica ; 123.
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Summary:This book provides a comprehensive monograph of the family Humiraceae. It includes information on economic botany, conservation, phylogenetic relationships, taxonomic history, ecology, cytology, anatomy and phytochemistry, among other topics. This volume is illustrated with line drawings, black and white photographs and distribution maps. It was written by the world-leading authority on this plant group and contains a total of eight genera, 65 species and 15 infraspecific taxa, with two new species described. Flora Neotropica volumes provide taxonomic treatments of plant groups or families growing in the Americas between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Physical Description:xiii, 241 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-233) and indexes.
ISBN:303082358X
9783030823580