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Press Release
Three new plant family compendia by Kew Publishing
Legumes of the World, A Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys and A Bibliography of Conifers
Legumes are a fundamental part of the world's wealth, contributing to almost every industry – food, drink, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, building, construction, textiles, paper making, chemicals and fertilisers, horticulture, pest control, waste recycling and ecotourism. Hence, Legumes of the World is a landmark publication being the first encyclopaedic work illustrating all 727 genera (representing 19,325 species) of the legume family. The text has been prepared and edited by 24 world experts, giving for each genus: information on the number of species, geographical range, etymology, ecology, economic use, phylogenetic position and at least one illustration. The authors have used the most up to date classification system, using the traditional taxonomic framework woven with the new molecular phylogenetic data, and have included full references and comprehensive picture, plant name and vernacular indexes. Printed in colour throughout and with over 1,100 illustrations, Legumes of the World is an essential reference for legume systematists, and a compendium of valuable facts for researchers, growers and gardeners.
A Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys includes introductory chapters summarising the history, morphology and anatomy of the family, which consists of 30 genera and 133 species and is the only family of conifers with worldwide distribution. All species are described with information on nomenclature, types, distribution, ecology, conservation, cited specimens, taxonomic notes and distribution maps. Full-page line drawings, expertly executed by the author, are included for each species. Introductory chapters deal with history, morphology and anatomy, phylogeny and evolution and distribution.
A second edition of A Bibliography of Conifers (originally published in 1990) has also just been completed and is a comprehensive summary of botanical literature relating to the conifers, expanded to include 3787 references. An index to taxon names with reference numbers is added to facilitate finding literature on particular taxa.
All three titles will be of interest to botanists, plant taxonomists and horticulturists alike.
Notes to Editors
For further information please contact Lauren Bird, Anna Quenby or Oliver Basciano in the Kew Gardens press office on 020 8332 5607 or email pr@kew.org.
Legumes of the World
ISBN 1 900347 80 6
£55.00
592pp. 289 x 198mm. Case bound with jacket
Gwilym Lewis is an authority on South American legumes and has specialist knowledge of the genus Caesalpinia and several mimosoid genera. He has written three books and c. 100 research papers on legumes and is currently head of the legume team in the Herbarium at Kew.
Brian Schrire studied botany in South Africa where he headed Natal Herbarium in Durban from 1980 to 1985. He was South African Liaison Botanist at Kew from mid 1985 to mid 1988 and later joined the Kew Legume Section in 1994. His main research interests are legume biogeography and systematics.
Barbara Mackinder studies tropical African legumes. She has specialist knowledge of the genera of leguminous trees which dominate the forests of west and central Africa and is currently monographing the Caesalpinioid genus Berlinia.
Mike Lock trained as an ecologist and lectured in Uganda and Ghana , and has also worked in Sudan , Tanzania and Venezuela . He has compiled and edited several checklists of legumes for the International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS). Prior to retiring from Kew in 2002 he was Deputy Keeper of the Herbarium and edited Kew Bulletin for 13 years.
Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys
ISBN 1 84246 068 4
£125.00
648pp. 320 x 220mm. Hardcover with dust jacket
Aljos Farjon is currently Kew's gymnosperm taxonomist, appointed in 1996. He has studied the taxonomy of conifers since 1983, first at the University of Utrecht and later at the University of Oxford. He has published several major works and more than 30 papers on the taxonomy of conifers and is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts on this fascinating and important group. Aljos is also an accomplished botanical artist and photographer.
Bibliography of Conifers
ISBN 1 84246 120 6
£75.00
212pp. 320 x 220mm. Hardback with dust jacket
Books can be bought online at www.kewbooks.com
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