Book ID: 114781
Flora of China Illustrations
Volume 12: Hippocastanaceae - Theaceae. 2008. 1 col. plate. 449 plates of line drawings. 475 p. 4to. Hardcover.
Good second hand copy. As new.
Volume 12 of the illustrations series is devoted to 18 plant families, several of which have economic and horticultural importance: Actinidiaceae, source of the kiwi fruit; Balsaminaceae, with the colorful Impatiens genus; Malvaceae, with Gossypium, the genus that provides cotton, and the mallows and hollyhocks; Theaceae, including the tea plant Camellia sinensis, as well as the ornamental camellias; and Vitaceae, notable for Vitis vinifera, the grapevine.