The Trees of Sonora, Mexico
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 24. May 2001
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-19-512891-8 (ISBN)
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Description
This will be the definitive treatment of the woody plants of Sonora, a remarkably diverse and biologically important region, where desert, temperate, and tropical biota meet and terminate. The Sonoran and Chihuahan deserts verge on temperate, and mountain forests and tropical mangrove estuaries along the coast. Felger is the recognized expert in the area, and the book contains an enormous body of information nowhere else obtainable. It covers the approximately 270 species of native and naturalized trees, featuring identification keys and original line illustrations of the leaves of every species and the diagnostic flowering and fruiting bodies of most species. The descriptive species accounts contain common names and synonyms, ecological and geographic data, ranges, natural history, economic uses, and conservation status, as well as the standard taxonomic descriptions.
Reviews / Votes
"[A]n important contribution to the botany of the North American desert realms. ... Although we have seen a lot of books on palms in recent years, this one gives an intimate perspective on the Sonoran palm flora, with useful features such as a diagram comparing leaf structure in Brahea, Sabal, and Washingtonia. The Trees of Sonora is a beautifully produced volume in terms of typography, reproduction of illustrations, and editing..."--Grady L. Webster, Herbarium, University of California, Davis.
"In a project funded by the Drylands Institute of Arizona and other sources, unidentified contributors detail the some 285 species of trees or treelike species that grow naturally in the most extreme northwest Mexican state, wedged between the Arizona border and the Gulf of California. They describe the physical and biological setting; provide a key to the major groups and families; and examine individual species of conifers, dicots, and monocots. The
illustrations are clear, high quality line drawings."--SciTech Book News
"What is a tree? According to Felger, Johnson and Wilson, it is a plant that if climbed by medium- sized primates will not collapse, a plant with a single trunk of about 10 cm in diameter that extends for over one metre above the ground and is at least 5 m tall. Using these criteria, the authors describe some 285 species of trees found in the state of Sonora, Mexico. ... The book comprises two main parts. The first, is a description of the physical and
biological setting, and the second, a section with keys to families and species accounts arranged by major groups and then alphabetically listed by family. ... Complementing Shreve and Wiggins' Flora and
Vegetation of the Sonoran Desert, Martin et al.'s Gentry's Rio Mayo Plants, and Turner, Bowers and Burgess' Sonoran Desert Plants, The Trees of Sonora is the definitive last volume on what will become the classic tetralogy of Sonoran plants 'Handbuecher'. ... This book is an essential purchase for all libraries."--Plant Systematics & Evolution
"[A]n important contribution to the botany of the North American desert realms. ... Although we have seen a lot of books on palms in recent years, this one gives an intimate perspective on the Sonoran palm flora, with useful features such as a diagram comparing leaf structure in Brahea, Sabal, and Washingtonia. The Trees of Sonora is a beautifully produced volume in terms of typography, reproduction of illustrations, and editing
..."--Grady L. Webster, Herbarium, University of California, Davis.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous halftones, line drawings and tables
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 281 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
1111 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-512891-8 (9780195128918)
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Author
Executive DirectorExecutive Director, Drylands Institute, Arizona
Program Manager and CuratorProgram Manager and Curator, Desert Legume Program, University of Arizona
Research DirectorResearch Director, Drylands Institute, Tucson, AZ
Content
1. Introduction ; 2. Key to the major groups and families ; 3. Species accounts ; A. Coniferophyta (confiers) ; B. Magnoliophyta - Magnoliopsida (dicots) ; C. Magnoliophyta - Liliopsida (monocots) ; 4. Literature Cited ; 5. Appendix ; 6. Index ; 7. Table I ; 8. Table II ; 9. Illustrators and list of illustrations