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Wild flowers of Majorca Minorca and Ibiza Elspeth Beckett

Wild flowers of Majorca Minorca and Ibiza By Elspeth Beckett

Wild flowers of Majorca Minorca and Ibiza by Elspeth Beckett


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Visitors to these islands in search of sun and sea are often surprised by theglorious wild flowers, abundant particularly in the spring and late autumn

Wild flowers of Majorca Minorca and Ibiza Summary

Wild flowers of Majorca Minorca and Ibiza by Elspeth Beckett

Visitors to these islands in search of sun and sea are often surprised by theglorious wild flowers, abundant particularly in the spring and late autumn.Many are curious to know more about them.This book offers a means of identification on three levels.For the complete beginner there are illustrations of most of the more strikingwild plants (and of a few cultivated ones).For those who wish to go further, there is help in the form of a botanical key (abasic skill for would-be botanists, and what better place, than a sunny holidayisland to learn it in).For those who already have this skill here is a key to all the wild floweringplants ( except those waiting to be discovered - what a challenge for aninteresting holiday!).

Table of Contents

List of plates and figures, Preface, Acknowledgements, How to use this book, Experienced botanists, Beginners, Classification of plants, Identification of plants, How to use a key, Note to plant hunters,Notes for key users, Abbreviations, White flowers, Hybrids, Subspecies, Local names, Measurements, Keys to the flora of the Balearic Islands, Keys to plant families, Keys to general, Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons (Angiospermae), Monocotyledons (Angiospermae), Explanatory figures to show basic plant structures used in keys, Glossary, Bibliography, Endemic species and subspecies, Index to keys.

Additional information

NPB9789061916345
9789061916345
9061916348
Wild flowers of Majorca Minorca and Ibiza by Elspeth Beckett
New
Hardback
A A Balkema Publishers
1988-06-01
160
N/A
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