Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #481796 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 492 pages

Review
[Recommended for plant identification:] A monumental work containing exquisite plant images. -- Steve Whysall "CanWest News Service" (09/16/2005)

Synopsis
Long-time collaborators Martyn Rix (botanist and plant collector) and Roger Phillips (photographer and book designer) present this first volume, focusing on trees and shrubs, in a two-volume set. It covers plant families systematically, with discussion of the relationships between them, in evolutionary order (from Dicksoniaceae to Gramineae), follo