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Pocket Guide: Wild Flowers of South Africa

ISBN 
9781775841661
Format 
Paperback
Recommended Price 
R270.00
Published 
November 2015
About the book: 
Pocket Guide: Wild Flowers of South Africa  covers some 260 flowers representing all of the region’s major vegetation types:
  • Accounts are conveniently organised by flower colour.
  • Key ID features are supplied for each flower, as well as interesting facts.
  • A photograph and distribution map accompany each species.
  • Includes common and conspicuous plants as well as some alien species that are naturalized in the region.
This book showcases some of the region’s diverse, strikingly beautiful floral splendours.
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About the Author
Braam van Wyk is a professor in the Department of Plant Science at the University of Pretoria. He is a plant taxonomist and has authored or co-authored numerous publications on the botany of southern Africa.
 
Photograph © University of Pretoria.

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