Tropical plants of Costa Rica : a guide to native and exotic flora / Willow Zuchowski.
Material type: TextPublisher: Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Edition: Second editionDescription: xi, 543 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 21 cmISBN:- 1501763075
- 9781501763076
- Guide to tropical plants of Costa Rica
- QK217 .Z83 2022
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | QK217 .Z83 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800191074 |
"A Zona Tropical publication."
Originally published as: A Guide to tropical plants of Costa Rica, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Painted treetops -- Other common trees -- Roadside and garden ornaments -- Fruits and crops -- Living fences and reforestation -- Special habitats -- Typical tropical groups -- Conspicuous grasses.
"This second edition is in a smaller format than the first, with additional photos and a new section on the Osa Peninsula. More than 800 photographs, taken in the field, show entire plants and closer views of flowers, fruits, and seeds. Pen-and-ink drawings depict botanical details. The text covers identifying characteristics, natural history, chemical properties, economic importance, medicinal uses, conservation, ethnobotany, and ecology"--