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A descriptive account of the Acanthaceae (Part 2) native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

This book includes many highly attractive species which have never been illustrated in colour before, with 11 new taxa, ten of which are new species.

The aloe names book brings together, for the first time, information on the current taxonomy of each species, the plethora of common names by which aloes are known globally, derivative natural products, as well as hundreds of historical names and the richly descriptive meanings of Latin names used for aloes.

Sir Joseph Banks was a true botanical adventurer and pioneer. Not only did he reveal the floral wonders of the South Seas, New Zealand and Australia to European eyes, but he set Kew Gardens on its path to becoming the world's foremost botanic garden, bringing in a wealth of rare and useful plants, which had far-reaching impact.

Jan Hendrix is a Dutch contemporary artist. His work is all about observation and analysis; nature and its diff erent ways of representing and telling extended stories. Based on an exhibition at Kew Gardens, this book is a visual report of Hendrix's multiple visits to the Kamay Botany Bay Area of New South Wales over a 20-year period.

A critical, illustrated Flora of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, designed to treat phanerogams as well as cryptogams of the area. Eremolepidaceae, Loranthaceae, Viscaceae.

The Flora Zambesiaca series provides comprehensive descriptive accounts of the flowering plants andferns native and naturalised in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and the CapriviStrip. Volume 14 covers the Cyperaceae in its entirety.

This stunning new series of pocketbooks from Kew offer a snapshot into the diverse and beautiful world of plants. Cacti lavishly showcases botanical art depicting choice examples from this popular plant group, all sourced from Kew's archvies.

The Agius Evolution Garden at Kew Gardens opened in the summer of 2019. Designed by Richard Wilford, with interpretation by Sharon Willoughby, the Evolution Garden is arranged according to the latest classification of plants, based on DNA analysis.

This book is a celebration of the Shirley Sherwood Collection of contemporary botanical art, made over a period of 30 years by Dr Shirley Sherwood and considered the most important private collection of its kind in the world.

This beautiful book is a celebration of the mighty oak, through the passion and vision of artist Mark Frith. Mark has drawn large scale portraits of 22 of Britain's oldest living oaks, with exceptional detail conveyed in these intricate graphite works, bringing the ancient features of these majestic individuals to life on the page.

Treasures of Botanical Art reveals the history, science and beauty of botanical painting.

A set of gift wrap decorated with Marianne North's botanical gardens artwork.

Wild Plants for a Sustainable Future is an output from The Useful Plants Project, with five chapters compiled by experts from Botswana, Kenya, Mali, South Africa and Mexico. 110 species profiles are included.

The High Weald is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty running across West Sussex, East Sussex and Kent. Within it many varied habitats can be found, from planted and tended gardens to lowland heath, meadows and woodlands. Due to this range of habitats, a huge number of wildflowers grow here naturally.

Plants trick, kill, steal and kidnap, and this unique book explores a fascinating world in which plants have turned the tables on animals.

This is the first field guide to comprehensively treat the non-native plants of South Georgia, providing full colour photographs, distribution maps and species descriptions, plus keys to the grasses and sedges.

This guide is the first of its kind, covering the grasses and bamboos of Madagascar, with life size colour photography throughout.

This is the first up to date and comprehensive checklist of the vascular plants of Jordan. The book covers 112 families and all species (including ferns and gymnosperms) recorded for Jordan, with at least one specimen for each species cited.

This is the fifth title in the series Repatriation of Kew Herbarium Data for the Flora of Northeastern Brazil, recording a total of 184 species in 18 genera for the whole of the Myrtaceae.

This book lists over 400 Zambian plant remedies with a brief description of plant and habitat, the plant parts used with the recipes and areas, and scientific research where relevant.

Members of the grass family, Poaceae, are almost ubiquitous and are widespread across the Pacific and this detailed key provides a taxonomic reference of the grasses growing throughout this region.

World Checklist of Myrtaceae is a much needed work that lists all validly published names in the family, providing the source of their publication and indicating which names are currently accepted and which are synonyms.

Between 2000 and 2001, 4200 Northeastern Brazilian Compositae specimens were examined, resulting in a checklist of 486 species in 143 genera, with entries listed alphabetically and sorted by state, collector and number.

Macaranga is a genus in the family Euphorbiaceae. There are 257 species, of which 21 are newly described here.

The World Checklist of Dioscoreales lists all validly published names of yams and their allies, providing the source of their publication and indicating which names are currently accepted and which are synonyms, making it a standard nomenclatural reference for further research into this important family.

The World Checklist of Cyperaceae provides a single source guide to the correct names of all sedges, the source of their publication and indicating which names are currently accepted and which are synonyms.

Zambian plants: their vernacular names and uses is a comprehensive list of vernacular names used by the millions of rural Zambians who rely on bush products in their everyday lives.

This checklist records 191 species in 24 genera, with entries listed alphabetically and sorted by state, collector and number.