Book ID: 86389
Taylor, Nigel and Daniela Zappi
Cacti of Eastern Brazil. 2004. 77 pls. of col. photogr. 51 col. distr. maps. 498 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Covers histories of both discovery and classification, phytogeography and paleoclimates, conservation, identification and documentation. Dichotomous keys, descriptions, ecological data, conservation assessments, full synonymmy, vernacular names, bibliography, glossary of special terms, geographical distribution. 130 species and 32 heterotypic subspecies currently named and recorgnized. Includes also introduced and naturalized cacti.