| Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa Contributor(s): Manning, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1775846768 ISBN-13: 9781775846765 Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: March 2019 Click for more in this series: Field Guides |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Plants - Flowers - Travel | Africa - General |
| Series: Field Guides |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.9" W x 8.2" L (2.20 lbs) 488 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Features: Glossary, Maps |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: South Africa's varied landscape is home to some 19,000 shrubs and herbs, a large number of which bear flowers of intricate and often stunning beauty. This field guide covers more than 1,100 species, focusing on the most common, conspicuous and 'showy' plants of the region. It offers easy-to-use keys for identifying plant families, species descriptions with vivid photographs, distribution maps and indication of flowering season. It will enable flower enthusiasts to accurately identify flowering plants encountered across South Africa. |
Contributor Bio(s): Manning, John: - JOHN MANNING, a botanist at the SA National Biodiversity Institute in Cape Town, has written many scientific papers and popular articles, as well as a range of southern African wild-flower guides, including the best-selling Field Guide to Fynbos. He is also widely recognized as a talented botanical illustrator and wild-flower photographer. John has received a number of awards, including the Botanical Society of South Africa Marloth Medal (2005) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal Convocation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Science, Industry and Technology (2006). |
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