560 Pages
by
Routledge
560 Pages
by
Routledge
560 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1990. A practical manual for identifying the plants of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. This guide is useful for development and conservation of natural resources, includes botanical terminology and so will appeal to those with this knowledge, but also due to the colour plates, to the non-specialist who might be interested in desert wildflowers of the area.
Part I INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 HISTORY OF BOTANICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN EASTERN SAUDI ARABIA; Chapter 2 GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE FLORA: TOPOGRAPHY AND SUBUNITS; Chapter 3 THE CLIMATE OF EASTERN SAUDI ARABIA; Chapter 4 EASTERN SAUDI ARABIA IN THE PLANT-GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST; Chapter 5 PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST ARABIAN FLORA; Chapter 6 THE VEGETATION: PHYSIOGNOMY AND PLANT COMMUNITIES; Part II THE FLORA; Chapter 7 EXPLANATORY NOTES; Chapter 8 SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNT OF THE FLORA;
Biography
James P. Mandaville
