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Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, Volumen III: Monocotiledoneas (Orchidaceae–Zingiberaceae)
Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, Volumen III: Monocotiledoneas (Orchidaceae–Zingiberaceae)


 
MONOGRAPHS IN SYSTEMATIC BOTANY FROM THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, VOLUME 93
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ISBN: 9781930723238

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The Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica is a concise, illustrated guide to all of the species of native, naturalized, and commercially cultivated seed plants of this Central American country, which lies between Nicaragua and Panama and is thus centered in isthmian Central America—a biogeographical funnel between South and North America, densely rich in species and geological history. The Manual is the first comprehensive Spanish-language account of the Costa Rican flora.

Two large, economically and ornamentally important families, the orchids (Orchidaceae) with 1,318 species, and the grasses (Poaceae) with 488 species, account for more than 95% of the species in this volume. Besides brief formal descriptions and informal notes about each of a total of 10 families, 331 genera, and 1,861 species of monocots, this identification manual contains keys to all the genera and species included within the volume. Finally, the treatments are illustrated with 377 line drawings and 10 black-and-white photographs.

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  • Publisher: Missouri Botanical Garden Press
    Publication Date: 2003
    ISBN: 9781930723238
    Format: Hardcover
    Pages: 884
    Illustrated: Yes