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Where Next? Reflections on the human future
Duncan Poore
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
There are more people than the soil and water of the earth can support in reasonable conditions, huge numbers live in desperate poverty and on the verge of starvation, and millions are refugees from war or environmental disaster. We no longer have the leeway to accommodate the changes of climate and our overwhelming dependence on oil makes us intensely vulnerable. Yet, phenomenal advances in technology are opening up undreamed of possibilities in life expectancy, material wealth and communications. So, where can we go from here?
Duncan Poore has assembled a collection of essays by people with wide experience in philosophy, science, economics, ecology, sociology, law entrepreneurial skills and international relations. Each examines our present predicament from his or her point of view. The overwhelming impression that our present attitudes are institutions are ill adapted to the nature and scale of our problems. Yet, the future is in our hands; only we can put things right.
xi+338pp. 235 x 155mm. Soft bound
ISBN 1 84246 000 5
£9.95
The Genus Pleione
P. Cribb and I. Butterfield
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1999
Pleiones, popularly called "Napalese crocuses", or "window-sill orchids" are amongst the easiest orchids to grow. In recent years this delightful genus has undergone a remarkable resurgence, with the introduction of new species and spectacular hybrids, and a new-found place in alpine gardens. Written by Philip Cribb, Curator of the Orchid Herbarium at Kew, and Ian Butterfield, a nurseryman awarded Gold Medals at the Chelsea Flower Show for his work in breeding, raising and displaying pleiones, this is the first fully comprehensive account of their biology, classification and cultivation. A comprehensive listing of hybrids registered to date is provided, together with a cultivation calendar which experienced growers and novices will find invaluable. Highly authoritative, richly illustrated and printed in full colour throughout The Genus Pleione is a book professional botanists, orchid growers and alpine gardeners should not be without.
x + 165pp. 254 x 184mm. Hard cover + dust jacket
ISBN 983 812 022 7
£33.00
Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants
Edited by Susyn Andrews, Alan Leslie and Crinan Alexander
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1999
Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants brings together for the first time the diverse interests of growers, breeders, scientists and all those concerned with the legislation of cultivated plants and the growing impact of copyright on the horticultural industry. This unique book covers intellectual property rights, national collections,breeding, DNA fingerprinting and other molecular techniques, genetically modified crops, plant databases and International Registration Authorities, and patenting of new cultivars. This stimulating book will prove essential reading for all those involved with the development and marketing of new cultivated plants.
500pp circa. 250 x 158mm. Hard cover
ISBN 1 900347 89 X
£27.00
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Flora da Reserva Ducke: Guia de identificaçã das plantas vasculares de uma floresta de terra-firme na Amazônia
(Flora of the Ducke Reserve: Field Guide to the Vascular Plants of a Terra Firma Forest in Central Amazonia)
Riberio et al
INPA/DFID, 1999
This splended colour field guide is essential for anyone working or travelling in the Amazon. Covering over 2,000 species all illustrated in colour from some 125 families, each family has an introduction followed by abundant colour photographs of floral, fruit and vegetative diagnostic characteristics for each species. The introduction includes a broad, and beautifully illustrated overview of the vegetation and ecology of the Amazon region. This work is written in Portuguese, but language is not a barrier to its use anyone with even a basic knowledge of botany will find this book a joy. Outstanding value.
xvi + 800pp. 240 x 170mm. Soft cover with transparent plastic jacket
ISBN 85 211 0011 6
£25.00
Yanomami A Forest People - Advances in Amazonian Ethobotany
W. Milliken, B. Albert and G. G. Gomez with illustrations by Jane Rutherford
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1999
A scholarly and fascinating book about the remarkable relationship between a forest people and their environment the watershed between the Brazilian Amazon and the Venezuelan Orinoco. Largely based on original research, it provides a fascinating insight into their culture and intricate knowledge of plants, animals and the ecology of the environment in which they live. Lavishly illustrated throughout with half-tones, colour photographs and paintings by Jane Rutherford.
viii + 171. 245 x 155mm. Soft cover with flaps
ISBN 1 900347 73 3
£17.50
Poisonous Plants and Fungi in Britain and Ireland
2nd Edition CD-ROM
E. A. Dauncey, T. G. J. Rayner and D. A. Shah-Smith with Toxicity Monographs by N. S. Bates and others from the National Poisons Information Service (London)
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2000
Identification Engine Software© System Simulation Ltd., 1995
Totally revised editon of Poisonous Plants in Britain and Ireland CD-ROM, which now includes fungi, written and compiled by the Medical Toxicology Unit of Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital Trust and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This fully interactive CD-ROM will enable you to identify plants of the home, garden and countryside that are potentially poisonous if eaten or touched, and distinguish between edible and poisonous native and introduced fungi. For each plant and fungus there are photographic images, step-by-step keys to quick identification and detailed toxicity information. It is an invaluable resource for medical professionals treating cases of suspected poisoning, as well as people concerned with preventing poisonings occurring such as parents, local authority workers, nurserymen, garden managers, growers and gardeners.
Requires Windows® 95, 98, 2000 or NT 4.0. A screen set to display small fonts and at least 256 colours, 16 Mb RAM, and 4x speed CD-ROM drive.
ISBN 1 900347 92 X
£39.95
A German language CD-ROM identification system for the poisonous plants of Germany, Die Giftpflanzen Deutschlands, produced in collaboration with the Berlin Poisons Centre (Giftnotruf Berlin) and the Berlin Botanic Garden (Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum), is availble from:
Springer-Verlag
Postfach 10 52 80
D-69042 Heidelberg
Germany
Both available May 2000
Reproductive Biology in systematics, conservation and economic botany
Eds. S. J. Owens and P. J. Rudall
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1998
Research papers presented at a conference to celebrate 25 years of research into reproductive biology at Kew, held in honour of Professor Jack and Dr Yolande Heslop-Harrison.
xiv + 499pp. 245 x 155mm. Soft cover
£55.00
The Tribe Selagineae
O. M. Hilliard
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1999
The new standard work on Selagineae, and a major contribution to the study of Scrophulariaceae, surveying the whole tribe at generic level with full taxonomic revisions of Selago and Globulariopsis.
vii + 312pp. 245 x 155mm. Soft cover
ISBN 1 900347 74 1
£33.00
Chorology,Taxonomy and Ecology of the Floras of Africa and Madagascar
Eds. C. R. Huxley, J. M. Lock and D. F. Cutler
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1998
The collective papers presented at the Frank White Memorial Symposium held at Oxford in 1996. Two papers are on Frank White's life and work, and a further 15 on aspects of plant and animal geography, taxonomy and ecology in Africa.
xiv + 243pp. 245 x 155mm. Soft cover
ISBN 1 900347 65 2
£39.00
The Evolution of Plant Architecture
Eds. M. H. Kurmann and A. R. Hemsley
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1999
Plant architecture is the morphological manifestation of the genetic make-up of a plant at any one stage during its development. Application of accurate architectual models provides a wealth of information about living and extinct plants, especially in regard to growth pattern and development. The Evolution of Plant Architecture brings together contributions from specialists in many different fields, including ecology, palaeobotany, systematics and evolution.
xv + 491pp. 245 x 155mm. Soft cover
ISBN 1 900347 72 5
£55.00
A Revision of Phoenix
S. Barrow
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1999
Reprinted from Kew Bulletin Vol. 53, part 3. 1998. A new monograph of this genus of well-known palms, including the date palm, Phoenix dactylifora, based on morphology, lamina anatomy and DNA analysis.
61pp. 245 x 170mm. Soft cover
ISBN 1 900347 63 6
£6.00
Three-language list of botanical name components
A. Radcliffe-Smith
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1998
Listing Greek and Latin words, roots or elements used or usable in botanical names and epithets, this book has been compiled in order to help authors to avoid mixtures of Greek and Latin in new coinages and understand the meanings of Latin and Greek compound-coinages already in literature. Each list is presented alphabetically under Greek, Latin and English heads together with equivalents in the other two languages. Beside the main list, there is a three-language supplementary list of 1620 classical plant names and a listing of commonly found numerals.
vi + 143pp. 245 x 155mm. Soft cover
ISBN 1 900347 5 4
£9.99
Caesalpinia
G. P. Lewis
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1998
A revision of the 47 species in the neotropical Poincianella-Erythrostemon Group of Caesalpinia. These vary from woody-based perennial herbs to large trees and range from S E USA to southern Chile. The author covers distribution, ecology, phenology, morphology, seed chemistry, common names and horticultural potential. The text is illustrated with 46 full-page line drawings, 75 photographs, and distribution maps.
233pp. 245 x 155mm. Soft cover
ISBN 1 900347 32 6
£18.00
Plants for Food and Medicine
Eds. H. D. V. Prendergast, N. L. Etkin, D. R. Harris and P. J. Houghton
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1998
Plants for Food and Medicine, the proceedings of the Economic Botany and the International Society of Ethnopharmacology held in London in 1996, explores the commercial and scientific potential of plants for the food, health and drug industries. It focuses on the current state of "pharmafoods" the coalescence of food plants in health and healing; how medicinal plants are shaping modern medicine; ethnopharmacology; new drug development; biodiversity and conservation; and the valuation of wild plant resources.
x + 438pp. 245 x 155mm. Soft cover
ISBN 1 900347 55 5
£24.00
The Biological Monograph - the importance of field studies and functional syndromes for taxonomy and evolution of tropical plants
H. C. F. Hopkins, C. R. Huxley, C. M. Pannell, G. T. Prance and F. White
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1998
Conceived by Frank White, this book promotes a biological and ecological approach to taxonomy. Five cases are presented to clearly demonstrate the importance of field research and functional syndromes to studies of the taxonomy and evolution of tropical plants. Topics covered include pollination, dispersal, ant/plant symbiosis and ecological variation of vegetative characters in different tropical plant families. Following the death of Dr White this book was produced as a Festschrift to celebrate his immense contribution to botany.
xii + 236pp. 245 x 155mm. Soft cover
ISBN 1 900347 52 0
£21.00
Compendium of Information on Seed Storage Behaviour
T. D. Hong, S. Linington and R. H. Ellis
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1998
A two-volume set providing invaluable information for all concerned with plant genetic resource conservation, seed physiology and seed storage. Information has been collated from over 1200 publications on seed survival during storage for nearly 7,000 species covering 251 families of flowering plants, arranged in alphabetical order for easy reference. A 36 page introduction summarises current understanding of seed physiology as it relates to seed storage. Please note that Compendium of Information on Seed Storage Behaviour is only sold as a set.
Volume 1
xvii + 400pp. 297 x 210mm. Soft cover
ISBN 1 900 347 47 4
Volume 2
ix + 501pp. 297 x 210mm. Soft cover
ISBN 1 900 347 48
Set
ISBN 1 900 37 49 0
£70.00
Mistletoes of Africa
R. Polhill and Delbert Wiens
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1998
This handsome, full-colour authoritative book provides a comprehensive systematic revision of the 280 species of Loranthaceae and Viscaceae in Africa, with identification keys, descriptions, distribution maps, line drawings and 140 colour photographs. In addition to a comprehensive introduction discussing the biology, classification, biogeography and economic importance of these intriguing parasites, there are separate chapters on the haustoria of Loranthaceae by Clyde Calvin and Carol Wilson and pollination mechanisms of African Loranthaceae by Donald Kirkup.
vi + 370pp. 297 x 210mm. Hard cover
ISBN 1 900347 36 3
£70.00
Plantas do Nordeste: Anais do 1 Workshop Geral (Plants of the Northeast. Proceedings of the First General Workshop
Eds. Fernando Dantas de Araujo, H. D. V. Prendergast and S. J. Mayo
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1999
Northwest Brazil, home of 50 million people, is dominated by thorn scrub caatinga vegetation. Study of the region's rich plant life is the focus of Plantas do Nordeste, an association of local scientists and institutions, formed with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This book contains reports on the distribution, occurrence and recording of these plants, as presented at a workshop in 1996. Available in Portuguese only.
150pp. 245 x 155mm. Soft cover
ISBN 1 900347 79 2
£15.00
Nomenclator Alliorum: Allium names and synonyms - a world guide
M. Gregory, R.M. Fritsch, N.W. Friesen, F.O. Khassanov and D.W. McNeal
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1998
Nomenclator Alliorum lists the approximately 1,400 species names in Allium, half of which are synonyms. Thus this book is an essential reference for researchers investigating wild alliums, wild relatives of cultivated species for plant breeding and genetic manipulation, nurseries, collectors and bulb enthusiasts who want to determine the accepted names of plants.
vi + 83pp. 245 x 155mm. Soft cover
ISBN 1 900347 64 4
£21.00
The Plants of Mount Cameroon: A Conservation Checklist
S. Cable and M. Cheek
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1998
Funded by DFID to aid conservation management on Mount Cameroon, The Plants of Mount Cameroon documents all 2,435 plant species known to be native to this region and, for the first time in a Tropical African checklist, includes a Red Data chapter. This gives IUCN rating, threats (mainly from the pressure of agriculture), habitat, population status and management advice. Proceeds from the sales of this book go to the Mount Cameroon Project.
lxxix + 198pp. 297 x 210mm. Soft cover
ISBN 1 900347 57 1
£30.00
The Orchids of Madagascar
D. du Puy, P. Cribb, J. Bosser, J. Hermans and C. Hermans
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1999
The Orchids of Madagascar lists one of the world's richest and most exciting orchid floras, numbering some 1,000 species, 85 per cent unique to Madagascar. This book catalogues all the known species, brings their nomenclature up-to-date and provides a valuable bibliographic data-source for anyone wishing to research and understand this extraordinary flora. Forty-eight plates containing 128 superb colour portraits and two vegetation maps illustrate the text.
ix + 424pp (including 48 plates). 305 x 215mm. Hard cover + dust jacket
ISBN 1 900347 70 9
£49.00