Illustrated Guide To The Trees Of Peru. Pennington, T.D. (Et Al). Botany Trees, Shrubs And Forestry

pp.848 with line drawings and colour photographic plates at rear of text. 8vo. Ownership insc. in pencil to ffep. Only very occ. pencil annotation to margins, o/w. a fine hardback. Out-of-print. This is the first comprehensive generic account of the Peruvian tree flora, one of the richest in the world currently estimated at 6,350 species and likely to exceed 7,000 when all groups have been monographed. The contents include an account of the forests of Peru, an illustrated glossary of technical terms, identification keys, descriptions of 140 families and 980 genera, up to date literature references and information on distribution, ecology and uses of 1,500 of the more common species.