Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa

Name: Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: John Manning
ISBN: 9781770077584

John Manning

South Africa, together with Lesotho and Swaziland, has a diverse landscape and equally varied flora, which encompasses some 19,000 shrubs and herbs, a large proportion of which bear flowers of intricate and often stunning beauty. Field Guide to Wildflowers of South Africa describes more than 1,100 of these, highlighting the most conspicuous species and those most likely to be encountered across the country. A novel identification aid and easy-to-use keys guide users to the correct family and gen...

Издательство:

Random House Struik

ISBN:

9781770077584

Год издания:

2010

Язык:

Английский

Review

This is the perfect guide for identifying wild flowers, over 1,000 pictured in gorgeous photos. The guide is also perfect for botanists and for hikers and gardeners. The plants are divided into 10 categories, according to similar characteristics, which are explained in the first few pages of the book. Then each flower pictured is verbally described in detail and a chart shows the peak blooming months and a little map shows where in South Africa each is most prolific. The book is a very valuable guide for anyone who loves flowers, and many of the species of other continents can be identified with this book also, since many have been sent to other countries and domesticated to their new homes. EXCELLENT!

About the Author

Dr JOHN MANNING is a Specialist Scientist at the South African National Botanical Institute in Cape Town. He is a world specialist on the bulbs of southern Africa but has wide-ranging interests in all aspects of South Africa's flora. He has published widely in scientific journals and is also committed to popularizing the indigenous flora. He is the author or co-author of several popular wildflower guides.

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