Book ID: 7002
METCALFE, C.R. and others
Anatomy of the Monocotyledons. Vol. 6: Ayensu, E.S.: Dioscoreales. 1972. (PoD Reprint). 16 pls. 34 figs. XII, 182 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This is the first comprehensive anatomical work on the Dioscoreales.This order of plants includes the yam family, whose members areeconomically important in providing foodstuffs for most tropical peoples. Attention has been focused on the genus Dioscorea, because aprecursor of steroid hormones is derived from some species.