Seeds of New Zealand gymnosperms and dicotyledons
By: Colin J. Webb, Margaret J.A. Simpson.
Contributors: Simpson, M. J. A.
Publisher: Manuka Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Christchurch, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Gymnosperms -- New Zealand -- Seeds -- Identification; Dicotyledons -- New Zealand -- Seeds -- Identification
Genres: Identification.
Other titles: Seeds of New Zealand gymnosperms & dicotyledons; Gymnosperms & dicotyledons
Description: "Thsi guide provides, for the first time, an account of the seeds and other persistent parts of fruits for New Zealand plants. ... Because seeds survive long after most plant parts have deteriorated, the guide will assist in many sciences: in analysing diet from the gut, gizzard contents or faeces of mammals or birds, recreating past plant distributins from deposits in bogs or soils, and determining native food and criop plants at archaeological sites. And because seeds are relatively conservative structures in terms of their evolutionary diversification, it will also a wealth of information of use in plant identification and classification - a critical science for conservation of biodiversity."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-382) and index.
"A comprehensive account of the seeds ... for native NZ gymnosperms and dicotyledons"--Introd.