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Tropical plants of Costa Rica : a guide to native and exotic flora / Willow Zuchowski.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: 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
Uniform titles:
  • Guide to tropical plants of Costa Rica
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QK217 .Z83 2022
Contents:
Painted treetops -- Other common trees -- Roadside and garden ornaments -- Fruits and crops -- Living fences and reforestation -- Special habitats -- Typical tropical groups -- Conspicuous grasses.
Summary: "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"--
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves QK217 .Z83 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800191074
Total holds: 0

"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"--

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