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Zustand: New. pp. viii + 198.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. From the introduction: "The present venture is the publication of live collections of plants or plants under cultivation in different botanic gardens and arboreta. This will serve as ready reference of the stock of plants maintained by the botanic gardens, experimental gardens and arboreta, the rare, endangered, threatened and endemic plants in particular. In case of any necessity either for conservation, utilization and identification one can easily find out in which garden(s) those species are available. Further the Reo Convention (Second World Summit of Reo de Janeiro, Brazil in June, 1992) has pointed out the significance of biological diversity (plant diversity) for sustainable use and development as the states have the sovereign rights over their natural resources and their conservation is a common concern of humankind and botanic gardens are the ideal resorts for their display, supply and protection. "The publication covers over 5000 species from 38 botanic gardens and arboreta distributed in different biogeographical zones of the country which more or less comprise the plant resources adopted to varying edaphic, biotic and climatic conditions prevailing in the country. The enumeration of species are arranged in alphabetical order, with upto date nomenclature, synonyms (s) in parenthesis where applicable followed by family to which the species belongs. In most of the cases the information collected and data recorded by visiting the botanic gardens, arboreta etc. and also with personal contacts and correspondences. The plant list contained in this 555 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents: Introduction. 1. Collections from the Indian sub-continent in the Herbaria of the Natural History Museum, London/A.R. Vickery. 2. The Herbarium of Pisa Botanic Garden : scientific tradition shapes its future/ G. Bedini and F. Garbari. 3. Structure and taxonomic significance of leaf veinlets of the Rutaceae I. Acronychia J. R. & G. Forst/T.A. Rao. 4. Biodiversity in India, 1993/F.R. Fosberg. 5. Herbaria are worth having, but why?David G. Mann. 6. The relationship between future wilderness and In-situ and Ex-situ plant conservation/Brian Morley. 7. Biodiversity and conservation/V.M. Meher-Homji. 8. Herbarium studies and their role in germplasm collecting, conservation and use/R.K. Arora. 9. Depleting plant resources in the Rajasthan desert/N.P. Singh and R.P. Pandey. 10. Conservation of plant diversity : Herbarium and systematics/M.K. Pandit, I.M. Sulaiman and C.R. Babu. 11. Sexual dimorphism in Caesalpinia platyloba Watson/G.V.S. Murthy. 12. Diversity in Indian Hornworts (Bryophyta) : a state of the art report/D.K. Singh. 13. Structure and taxonomic significance of leaf veinlets of the Rutaceae II. Medicosma Hook. f. and Flindersia R. Br./T.A. Rao. 14. Unreported ethnomedicinal uses of plants as Aphrodisiac from the folk-lores of Uttar Pradesh plains, India/K.K. Khanna, V. Mudgal, G. Shukla and P.K. Srivastava. 15. Wild edible plants of Sikkim Himalaya/R.C. Srivastava. 16. Role of herbaria in the study of orchid flora of Arunachal Pradesh, conservation and development with particular reference to orchid herbarium Tipi/S.N. Hegde and A.N. Rao. 17. 290 pp.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Light wear to covers with slight wrinkling to laminate, otherwise very good. No jacket.