Leaf Structure: Coastal Vegetation and Mangroves of Venezuela. 1992. (Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie/ Encyclopedia of Plant Anatomy, Spezieller Teil, Vol.XIV,part 2). 1 map. 105 figs. 8 tabs. X, 172 p. gr8vo.Cloth.

Contents (partly): Introduction/ Leaf morphology and anatomy of 22species of the Venezuelan littoral (Playa Grande) (Site and climate/Material and methods/ Description of the plants studied/ Asclepiadaceae:Calotropis gigantea/ Boraginaceae: Heliotropium angiospermum, H.polyphyllum, Tournefortia scandens/ Cactaceae: Pereskia grandifolia/Caesalpiniaceae: Parkinsonia aculeata/ Capparidaceae: Capparisodorantissima/ Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea pes-caprae/ etc.)/ The herbacousspecies from the beach of Cumana (Description of the three species/Sporobolus virginicus/ Cenchrus echinatus/ Tribulus cistoides/ etc.)/Leaf reduction and transference of photosynthetic tissues to the stem/Discussion (Plant communities in question/ Size and appearance of theplants/ Root system/ Phenology/ Dispersal and propagation/ Leaf size andshape/ Leaf position and equifaciality/ Leaf movement/ Equifacial orisolateral leaves/ etc.)/ Coastal vegetation: Final conclusions/ Fourmangrove species from different habitats (Rhizophora mangle/ Avicenniagerminans/ Laguncularia racemosa/ Conocarpus erectus)/ Mangoves: Finalconclusions/ Bibliography/ Subject index/ Author index/ Index ofscientific plant names.