Flora agricola y forestal de Al - Andalus. Vol. 1: Monocotiledoneas: cereales, bulbosas y palmeras. 2012. illus. 278 p. 4to. Paper bd.

A new important account of the species grown for agriculture andforestry under the period of Arabic - Muslim culture in the region ofthe Iberian Peninsla known Al - Andalus. This was a time of majoragricultural innovation as well as social and cultural development andexchange and represents a major heritage which is still poorly knownand understood. This book will help to fill the gap. This first volumeincludes cereal species such as rice, rye, wheat and barley, sugar cane, onions, garlic and leeks, ornamentals such as gladiolus, iris,daffodils and tulips, and banana and date palm. The main text departsfrom the conventional style in that for each species included, inaddition to descriptions, geography and ecology, it has extensivesections on cultivation and uses and the validation of itsidentification from the literature of Al - Andalus.