How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa
1st Edition
Published on 5. October 2011
192 pages
978-1-920544-09-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book unravels the mysteries of identifying the 1 800 species of trees in southern Africa. The authors have categorised trees into 43 groups, using easy-to-observe characteristics such as leaf and berry or fruit size and shape, absence or presence of latex, or the presence or absence of thorns. In a logical series of steps, allied to the liberal use of diagrams, maps and images, the layperson or expert is able to quickly and easily isolate the main characteristics of a particular tree, and from there make a positive identification.
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Language
English
Place of publication
South Africa
Publishing group
Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN-13
978-1-920544-09-6 (9781920544096)
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Braam Van Wyk | Piet van Wyk
How to Identify Trees
Book
03/2007
Struik Publishers
€38.59
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Persons
Braam van Wyk is emeritus professor of botany at the University of Pretoria. A leading expert on plant taxonomy, he has had an abiding interest in making botany accessible to the general public. He has authored more than 350 publications about southern African vegetation and flora, including several accessible botanical field guides such as Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Highveld (Struik, 1988), Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Struik Nature, 2013), Guide to Trees Introduced into Southern Africa (Struik Nature, 2016) and How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa(Struik Nature, 2019). He is also the co-author of the mobile app eTrees of Southern Africa.
