Seeds of Amazonian plants
By: Fernando Cornejo and John Janovec.
Contributors: Janovec, John.
Series: Princeton field guides
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9780691119298; 9780691146478
Subjects: Tropical plants -- Seeds -- Amazon River Region -- Identification; Plants -- Amazon River Region -- Identification; Seeds -- Amazon River Region -- Morphology
Genres: Identification
Description: "Seeds of Amazonian Plants is the first field guide to treat the extraordinary diversity of seeds and diaspores of plants commonly encountered in the Amazon and other lowland moist forests of the American tropics. This stunningly illustrated guide features an easy-to-use whole-plant approach to seed identification that provides detailed descriptions not only of the seeds but also of the habit, trunk, bark, leaves, infructescence, and fruit of Amazonian plants, as well as information about the known uses and distribution of each genus. Presenting these descriptions together with 750 full-colour photos and a unique identification key, this premier field guide enables users to identify seeds of 544 genera and 131 families of plants." --