Australian Palms
Australian Palms

Author: John Leslie Dowe

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2010-02-03

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0643101853

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Australian Palms offers an updated and thorough systematic and taxonomic treatment of the Australian palm flora, covering 60 species in 21 genera. Of these, 54 species occur in continental Australia and six species on the off-shore territories of Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and Christmas Island. Incorporating recent advances in biogeographic and phylogenetic research, Australian Palms provides a comprehensive introduction to the palm family Arecaceae, with reviews of botanical history, biogeography, phylogeny, ecology and conservation. Thorough descriptions of genera and species include notes on ecology and typification, and keys and distribution maps assist with field recognition. Colour photographs of habit, leaf, flowers, fruit and unique diagnostic characters also feature for each species. This work is the culmination of over 20 years of research into Australian palms, including extensive field-work and examination of herbarium specimens in Australia, South-East Asia, Europe and the USA.

Botanical Gazette
Botanical Gazette

Author: John Merle Coulter

Publisher:

Published: 1908

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13:

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Publishes research in all areas of the plant sciences.

Insects on Palms
Insects on Palms

Author: F. W. Howard

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780851997056

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Palms constitute one of the largest botanical families and include some of the world's most important economic plants. This book reviews the interrelationships between palms and insects. The host plants, distribution and bionomics of representative insects are discussed.

Handbook of Major Palm Pests
Handbook of Major Palm Pests

Author: Victoria Soroker

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-01-11

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 1119057485

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Handbook of Major Palm Pests: Biology and Management contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on the red palm weevil and the palm borer moth, two newly emergent invasive palm pests which are adversely affecting palm trees around the world. It provides state-of-the-art scientific information on the ecology, biology, and management of palm pests from a global group of experts in the field. An essential compendium for anyone working with or studying palms, it is dedicated to the detection, eradication, and containment of these invasive species, which threaten the health and very existence of global palm crops.

The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants
The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants

Author: James Cullen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-08-11

Total Pages: 687

ISBN-13: 0521761476

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The European Garden Flora is the definitive manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental flowering plants. Designed to meet the highest scientific standards, the vocabulary has nevertheless been kept as uncomplicated as possible so that the work is fully accessible to the informed gardener as well as to the professional botanist. This new edition has been thoroughly reorganised and revised, bringing it into line with modern taxonomic knowledge. Although European in name, the Flora covers plants cultivated in most areas of the United States and Canada as well as in non-tropical parts of Asia and Australasia. Volume 1 contains accounts of all the Monocotyledons, which includes those groups known informally as the 'petaloid monocotyledons' (the Liliaceae and Amaryllidaceae in the first edition, divided here among 17 families), the grasses and sedges (Gramineae and Cyperaceae), the aroids (Araceae) and the large and diverse Orchidaceae.