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Orchids
Henrik Aerenlund Pedersen
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Description for Orchids
Hardcover. A beautiful, richly illustrated book on Europe's wild orchids - perhaps the most enigmatic and popular group in the botanical world. Num Pages: 208 pages, (Over 200 full-colour illustrations). BIC Classification: WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 221. Weight in Grams: 270.
A beautiful, richly illustrated book on Europe's wild orchids - perhaps the most enigmatic and popular group in the botanical world. The orchid family (Orchidaceae), numbering some 25,000 species, is one of the world's two largest families of flowering plants. Whilst the vast majority of orchids are found in the wet tropics, Europe accommodates c.130 native orchid species which are equally arranged in dense inflorescences of great beauty. Furthermore, the adaptations encountered in some of the European species are just as fascinating as those of their tropical relatives. This book provides an introduction to ... Read more
A beautiful, richly illustrated book on Europe's wild orchids - perhaps the most enigmatic and popular group in the botanical world. The orchid family (Orchidaceae), numbering some 25,000 species, is one of the world's two largest families of flowering plants. Whilst the vast majority of orchids are found in the wet tropics, Europe accommodates c.130 native orchid species which are equally arranged in dense inflorescences of great beauty. Furthermore, the adaptations encountered in some of the European species are just as fascinating as those of their tropical relatives. This book provides an introduction to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780008210694
SKU
V9780008210694
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99
About Henrik Aerenlund Pedersen
Henrik AE. Pedersen is Associate Professor at the Natural History Museum of Denmark. He has studied orchids for over 25 years, with his work mainly focussing on the systematics, ecology and conservation of orchids in Europe and tropical Asia. Pedersen is a popular lecturer and he has (co-)authored more than 150 publications, including several books. He also runs Select Nature ... Read more
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