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The plant life of China : diversity and distribution
- Title
- The plant life of China : diversity and distribution / Geoffrey P. Chapman, Yin-Zheng Wang.
- Author
- Chapman, G. P. (Geoffrey Peter)
- Publication
- Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QK355 .C436 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Wang, Yinzheng.
- Description
- xii, 256 pages : illustrations (some color), map; 25 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-223) and index.
- Contents
- pt. I. The Setting. 1. An Introduction to Chinese Plant Science. 2. Landscape and Climate. 3. Native Plant Distribution. 4. From Domestication to the Arrival of the Western Plant Collectors -- pt. II. Growth Forms: Some Representative Taxa. 5. Trees -- Colour Plates. 6. Shrubs and Climbers. 7. Herbs. 8. Alpines. 9. Medicinal Plants and the Meeting of Two Traditions -- pt. III. Some Major Genera. 10. Camellia. 11. Anemone and Primula. 12. Rhododendron. 13. Rosa -- pt. IV. Conservation and the Environment. 14. Chinese Plant Diversity and Its Modern Literature. 15. Conservation in Practice -- App. 1. A Summary of Famine Foods Listed in the Chiu Huang Pen Tsao (1406) -- App. 2. Botanic Gardens and Arboreta across China -- App. 3. Chinese Dynasties -- Index of Classical Chinese Texts -- Taxonomic Index -- Sketch Map of China.
- ISBN
- 3540422579
- 9783540422570
- OCLC
- ocm49333500
- 49333500
- SCSB-9561581
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library