Woody Plants of Western African Forests
A Guide to the Forest Trees, Shrubs and Lianes from Senegal to Ghana
Distributed for Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
1,040 pages
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2,600 color plates, 2,600 line
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© 2006
- Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Species covered
A note on our habit categories
Accuracy and choice of characters used
Fieldwork, tools of your trade and collection of specimens
Introduction to Forest types
Biogeographic variation
Map 1
Bibliography and other sources of information
Map 2
How to use the guide
The species
Primary keys to groups: where to starts?
A Magnoliales, Ericales
B Malpighiales I (non-glandular)
C Malpighiales 2 (glandular)
D Urticales
E Malvales
F Santalales, Brassicales, Icacinaceae
G Dioscoreales, Piperales
H Cucurbitaceae, Passifloraceae, Vitaceae climbers
I Asterales, Solanales
J Lamiales
K Myrtales (except Combretaceae)
L Gentianales
M Rubiaceae
N Rhamnaceae to Celastraceae
O Apiales to Sapindales
P Leguminosae: The Legumes
Q Ferns to Monocots
R Cross-cutting groups, glossary and indexes
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Species covered
A note on our habit categories
Accuracy and choice of characters used
Fieldwork, tools of your trade and collection of specimens
Introduction to Forest types
Biogeographic variation
Map 1
Bibliography and other sources of information
Map 2
How to use the guide
The species
Primary keys to groups: where to starts?
A Magnoliales, Ericales
B Malpighiales I (non-glandular)
C Malpighiales 2 (glandular)
D Urticales
E Malvales
F Santalales, Brassicales, Icacinaceae
G Dioscoreales, Piperales
H Cucurbitaceae, Passifloraceae, Vitaceae climbers
I Asterales, Solanales
J Lamiales
K Myrtales (except Combretaceae)
L Gentianales
M Rubiaceae
N Rhamnaceae to Celastraceae
O Apiales to Sapindales
P Leguminosae: The Legumes
Q Ferns to Monocots
R Cross-cutting groups, glossary and indexes
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