Book ID: 69101
PENNINGTON, Terence D.
The Genus INGA - Botany.1997. Many line-drawgs. Dot-maps. X,844 p.gr8vo.Hardcover.
A large group of forest trees restricted to tropical America. Thismonograph deals with 248 species, including chapters on morphology,wood and bark anatomy, cytology, non - protein amino acid chemistry,flavonoid chemistry, variation relationships and distribution, and uses.The systematic section includes a conspectus of the genus, regionalkeys to species, and species descriptions with full synonymy.