Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Date: 1995-12-23. Hardcover. Very Good. In English. 1995 Science Press (Beijing, China) / Missouri Botanical Garden (St. Louis, Missouri), 8 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches tall embossed green cloth hardbound, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover and spine, [10], 479 pp. Very slight bumping to upper tips of book. Minor rubbing to covers. Prior owner name to top of front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP30~ Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgements; Gentianaceae; Menyanthaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Convolvulaceae; Polemoniaceae; Hydrophyllaceae; Boraginaceae; Index to Chinese Names (Sorted by Stroke Numbers); Index to Chinese Names (Sorted by Pinyin); Index to Scientific Names; Index to Families in the Flora of China and the FRPS. Flora of China is a collaborative scientific effort to publish the first modern English-language account of the 31,362 species of vascular plants of China. This number includes about 8,000 species of medicinal and economically important plants and about 7,500 species of trees and shrubs. Flora of China is an English-language revision of Flora Republicae Popularis Sinicae (FRPS), with taxonomy reflecting the current understanding of each group. The sequence of families is a modified Englerian system, similar to that used in FRPS; however, ...

ISBN10: 0915279339, ISBN13: 9780915279333, [publisher: Science Press.Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing/St. Louis] Hardcover The second volumes of the 25 volume work. Editions not stated. Probable firsts. Heavy 4to's. Pair of two volumes. 479 and 383 pages, respectively. Indexes in both volumes. The handbook is bound in green cloth with all lettering stamped in copper. No dust jacket. The volume of illustrations is bound in glossy paper-covered boards. No dust jacket. Both volumes are free of signs of previous ownership and are not library discards. Both are in fine condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
[Salem, OR, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]
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