The tropics with their lush rainforests are extremely rich in plant life but are still comparatively unknown. Botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have a

A guide to the commonly encountered and ecologically important plant families of the tropics, written by Kew's experts who teach the Kew Tropical Plant Identifi

This plant glossary includes all descriptive terms used in floras, plant field guides and monographs. This is an essential companion for anyone working with pla

Practical Plant Identification is an essential guide to identifying flowering plant families (wild or cultivated) in the northern hemisphere. Details of plant s

"Contains chapters on the conservation of herbarium sheets and on the collection and curation of the larger algae. The chapter on computers has been completely