Book ID: 57645
Press, J.R., M. J. Short and N. J. Turland.
Flora of Madeira. 1994. 10 figs. 4 tabs. 57 pls.(line drawings). XVII,574 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
The first book to describe fully all the vascular plants of the Madeiran and Salvage Islands.Covers 1360 species of native and naturalized plants, many of them little known. Descriptions and keys for taxa at all levels, as well as information on habitats, distributions and flowering times. Local names are also cited. Fifty-seven platesof original drawings illustrate 212 of the taxa. Includes the usual introductory chapters (geology, geography,etc.). Good second hand copy.