Guide to the Flowers of Western China
A completely revised and updated second edition of the essential field guide and reference work.

Since the publication of the first edition of Guide to the Flowers of Western China in 2011, there have been great strides in knowledge of the flora of China through international collaboration. Many plants included in the first edition have been revisited in the wild, while areas hitherto inaccessible have opened up, if sometimes only temporarily. Great advances in systematic botany have occurred since the publication of the first edition, particularly with the widespread availability of rapid DNA analysis. The result of this has been an influx of new photographs and data, and the need for a second edition of Guide to the Flowers of Western China.
 
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Guide to the Flowers of Western China
A completely revised and updated second edition of the essential field guide and reference work.

Since the publication of the first edition of Guide to the Flowers of Western China in 2011, there have been great strides in knowledge of the flora of China through international collaboration. Many plants included in the first edition have been revisited in the wild, while areas hitherto inaccessible have opened up, if sometimes only temporarily. Great advances in systematic botany have occurred since the publication of the first edition, particularly with the widespread availability of rapid DNA analysis. The result of this has been an influx of new photographs and data, and the need for a second edition of Guide to the Flowers of Western China.
 
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Guide to the Flowers of Western China

Guide to the Flowers of Western China

by Christopher Grey-Wilson, Phillip Cribb
Guide to the Flowers of Western China

Guide to the Flowers of Western China

by Christopher Grey-Wilson, Phillip Cribb

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A completely revised and updated second edition of the essential field guide and reference work.

Since the publication of the first edition of Guide to the Flowers of Western China in 2011, there have been great strides in knowledge of the flora of China through international collaboration. Many plants included in the first edition have been revisited in the wild, while areas hitherto inaccessible have opened up, if sometimes only temporarily. Great advances in systematic botany have occurred since the publication of the first edition, particularly with the widespread availability of rapid DNA analysis. The result of this has been an influx of new photographs and data, and the need for a second edition of Guide to the Flowers of Western China.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781842467961
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Publication date: 04/03/2024
Edition description: Second Edition
Pages: 704
Product dimensions: 7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Christopher Grey-Wilson was a botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for twenty-two years. He has edited Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, The Plantsman, and The Alpine Gardener.

Phillip Cribb is a leading specialist on the taxonomy and conservation of orchids and a member of the RHS Orchid Committee. He was deputy keeper of the herbarium and curator of the orchid herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew until his retirement in 2006. He is the author or coauthor of many books including The Orchid, Guide to the Flowers of Western China 2nd Edition, Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar, and Growing Hardy Orchids.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction 
Scope of the book 
Area covered 
Selection of species for inclusion 
Nomenclature 
Description of species 
Photography 
Species in cultivation 
China 
    When to go 
    Topography 
    Climate 
    Floristic regions 
    Chinese and other place names 
Further reading 
Maps
Species descriptions 
Gymnosperms 
Angiosperms

Acknowledgements
Selected bibliography
Glossary
Index
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