Nhbs autumn & Winter Catalogue Our Wildlife, Science and Conservation Catalogue

 
 
 Plants & Botany: Americas: Central & South America
 
Caribbean Spice Island Plants 
Trees, Shrubs and Climbers of Grenada, Carriacou and Petit Martinique: a picture 
gallery with notes on identification, historical and other trivia 
William D Hawthorne, Dean Jules and Guido Marcelle
The first comprehensive identification guide dedicated to the plants of this island group (the 
political entity is named after the principal island, Grenada), aimed to fill .... 
330 pages | Col photos | OFI
Hbk | 2004 | 0850741629 | #156801A | 
£24.99
 
 
Cien Plantas silvestres del Páramo / One Hundred Wild 
Plants from the Páramo 
Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Samara Alvarez Molina, Peter Jorgensen and D Minga
The flora of Cajas National Park in Ecuador is unique; several peculiar species are only found 
there and do not occur elsewhere on our planet. In the paramo of CNP some 500 .... 
100 pages | colour photos | Missouri BG
Pbk | 2004 | 9978435735 | #158013A | 
£12.95
 
 
Cinco Anos de Adiciones a la Flora del Ecuador 1999-
2004 
Carmen Ulloa Ulloa and David A Neill
Of the 1246 new additions to the Ecuadorian flora, 820 are new taxa described from Ecuadorian 
material, 337 names are new records for Ecuador, and 89 are taxonomic .... 
75 pages | - | Missouri BG
Pbk | 2005 | 9978095780 | #158347A | 
£12.95
 
Costa Rica Field Guide: Birds of Tortuguero and the Caribbean Coast 
Robert Dean
Laminated field guide with illustrations of 97 birds most commonly found along the Caribbean 
Coast and the Tortuguero National Park. Each species is identified by their .... 
2 pages | A4 laminated guide, col illus | 
HML Enterprises
Unbound | 2004 | 1888538260 | 
#150923A | 
£4.99
 
Costa Rica Field Guide: Birds of the Pacific Coast Tropical Rainforest 
Carara, Manuel Antonio, Osa Peninsula 
Robert Dean
Laminated field guide with illustrations of over 100 birds most commonly found from Manuel 
Antonio South into Panama. This guide is a must for anyone visiting Corcovado .... 
2 pages | A4 laminated guide, col illus | 
HML Enterprises
Unbound | 1998 | 1888538066 | 
#128691A | 
£4.99
 
Costa Rica Field Guide: Birds of the Pacific Coast and the Tropical Dry 
Forest 
Laminated field guide with illustrations of 100 birds most commonly found from Nicaragua's 
southern border through the Guanacaste region, south to Manuel Antonio .... 
2 pages | A4 laminated guide | HML 
Enterprises
Unbound | 2002 | 1888538295 | 
#150924A | 
£4.99
 
A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest 
South America 
(Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) with Supplementary Notes on Herbaceous Taxa
Alwyn H Gentry
1996 reprint editionIllustrations by Rodolfo Vasquez This is the first ever field guide to deal with 
the extraordinarily diverse flora of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. All .... 
918 pages | 291 b/w figs | Chicago UP
Hbk | 1996 | 0226289435 | #052021A | 
£59.50
 
Pbk | 1996 | 0226289443 | #052020A | 
£35.00
 
Flora Silvestre de Chile, Zona Central 
Una guia para la identificación de las especies vegetales más frecuentes 
A Hoffmann
A detailed fieldguide to the flora of central Chile. .... 
256 pages | Col illus | Libreria Chile 
Ilustrado
Pbk | 1998 | 9567743037 | #020817A | 
£39.95
 
Flora de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada, Tomo 
38 Volume 1: Solanaceas (I) 
Edited by JF Mutis
- | AECI
Hbk | 2004 | 8472329992 | #152429A | 
£247.00
 
Flora de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada, Tomo 
49 
Asteráceas, Tribus Liabeae, Tageteae, Senecioneae, Inuleae y Anthemideae 
Santiago Díaz-Piedrahíta
349 pages | 74 plates | AECI
Hbk | 2003 | 8472329119 | #146792A | 
£247.00
 
Flore Illustrée des Phanerogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique 
2 Volume Set 
J Fournet
Thoroughly revised and enlarged new edition, describing the indigenous and naturalised 
flowering plants of the French Antilles, as well as the Cycadaceae. Index of Latin, .... 
2538 pages | 2 vols, 1300 illus | CIRAD
Hbk | 2002 | #133743A | 
£150.00
 
Flowering Plants of the Galapagos 
Conley K McMullen
An invaluable resource for tourists, natural history enthusiasts, and professionals, the book: 
introduces the botanical history of the islands and their varied ecological zones; .... 
370 pages | 383 col photos, 41 illus | 
Cornell UP
Hbk | 1999 | 0801437105 | #098705A | 
£44.95
 
Pbk | 1999 | 0801486211 | #098707A | 
£20.95
 
Flowering Plants of the Neotropics 
Edited by Nathan P Smith, Scott A Mori, Andrew Henderson, Dennis WM Stevenson and S Heald
The definitive handbook, representing the work of 150 botanists and covering more than 280 
families of plants known to occur in the Western Hemisphere between the tropics of .... 
594 pages | 64 col plates, b/w line illus | 
Princeton UP
Hbk | 2004 | 0691116946 | #140642A | 
£51.95
 
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A Guide to Tropical Plants of Costa Rica 
Willow Zuchowski
A Guide to Tropical Plants of Costa Rica, the first popular treatment to include plants from all 
regions of the country, is an indispensable guide to the country's native and .... 
529 pages | Zona Tropical
Pbk | 2005 | 0970567847 | #159460A | 
£37.50
 
Plantas Altoandinas en la Flora Silvestre de Chile 
Adriana Hoffman, Melica Munoz, John Watson, Mary Kalin Arroyo and F Liberona
A well-produced and -illustrated field key to the plants of the Chilean High Andes, with sections 
on biogeography, ecology and a resume of investigations in the area. .... 
281 pages | Col illus | Herta Berenguer 
Books
Pbk | 1998 | 9567743002 | #104353A | 
£47.50
 
A Quest for Chilean Plants 
An Account of the Plants, People and Landscapes Encountered During Two 
Expeditions to Chile 
Peter Baxter et al
Account of two plant collecting expeditions to Chile which explains how the collections were 
processed and researched. Contains many photographs of the plants, people and .... 
32 pages | Col photos, 2 maps | 
Edinburgh RBG
Pbk | 1998 | 1872291678 | #076714A | 
£7.50
 
 
Threatened Plants of Central and South Chile 
Distribution, Conservation and Propagation 
Martin F Gardner et al
Threatened Plants of Central and South Chile is the result of a three year intensive study by the 
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the University of Valdivia of .... 
188 pages | Col photos, illus | 
Edinburgh RBG
Pbk | 2006 | 1872291252 | #161629A | 
£20.00
 
 
 
 Plants & Botany: Asia-Pacific: General
 
Begonias of Peninsular Malaysia 
R Klew
First and foremost, this book is written to interest the naturalist and gardener in the wealth of 
wild begonias that grow in rain forests but without sacrificing scientific .... 
308 pages | Photos, illus | Natural 
History Publications
Hbk | 2005 | 9838120863 | #099128A | 
£39.95
 
Field Guide to Forest Trees of Northern Thailand 
S Gardner, P Sidisunthorn, Anusarnsunthorn and V
Covers 430 species with identification keys for all major families and genera. .... 
540 pages | 1600 col photos, 330 illus | 
Asia Books
Pbk | 2000 | 9747799014 | #118553A | 
£38.50
 
Flora of China, Volume 14: Apiaceae-Ericaceae 
Edited by Wu Zhengyi et al
This volume treats the Apiaceae, Cornaceae, Aucubaceae, Helwingiaceae, Mastixiaceae, 
Toricelliaceae, Diapensiaceae, Clethraceae, and Ericaceae. .... 
592 pages | - | Missouri BG
Hbk | 2005 | 1930723415 | #039108A | 
£86.00
 
 
Flora of China, Volume 22: Poaceae 
Chen Shouliang et al
This large volume is devoted to just one plant family, the grasses (Poaceae or Gramineae), and 
no group of plants is of greater economic importance. The Poaceae range .... 
752 pages | - | Missouri BG
Hbk | 2006 | 1930723504 | #039114A | 
£110.00
 
 
Flora of Japan, Volume 2a 
Angiospermae-Dicotyledoneae: Archichlamydeae (a) 
Edited by Kunio Iwatsuki, David E Boufford and Hideaki Ohba
550 pages | - | Kodansha
Hbk | 2006 | 406154604X | #032391A | 
£415.00
 
Flora of Oman, Volume 1: Piperaceae to Primulaceae 
SA Ghazanfar
This is the first of four volumes of the Flora of the Sultanate of Oman. It includes 42 families of 
flowering plants, and describes 310 species in 155 genera. In the treatment .... 
262 pages | Figs | National BG
Pbk | 2003 | 9072619552 | #154203A | 
£20.50
 
 
Flora of Siberia, Volume 10: Geraniaceae - Cornaceae 
Edited by GA Peschkova
This volume contains data on morphology, ecology, and chorology of feral species and 
subspecies of 31 families of flowering plants. The families have been arranged .... 
314 pages | distribution maps | Science 
Publishers/Enfield
Hbk | 2006 | 1578081092 | #103048A | 
£60.50
 
 
Flora of Siberia, Volume 11: Pyrolaceae - Lamiaceae 
(Labiatae) 
Edited by LI Malyschev
310 pages | line drawings, dist maps | 
Science Publishers/Enfield
Hbk | 2006 | 1578081106 | #103049A | 
£58.80
 
 
Flora of Siberia, Volume 9: Fabaceae (Leguminosae) 
Edited by AV Polozhij and LI Malyschev
276 pages | line drawings, maps | 
Science Publishers/Enfield
Hbk | 2006 | 1578081084 | #103047A | 
£53.80
 
 
Guide to Endemic Palms and Screw Pines of the 
Seychelles Granitic Islands 
Denis Matatiken and Didier Dogley
This photographic guide covers the six endimic palms and four screw pines to be found on the 
granitic islands of the Seychelles. Introduced plants and screw pines which grow on .... 
45 pages | colour photos | PCA
Pbk | 2006 | 9993170011 | #162491A | 
£10.99
 
 
A Guide to the Alpine and Subalpine Flora of Mt Jaya 
R Johns, T Utteridge, H Hopkins and P Edwards
Based on five expeditions to the area by Kew and its Indonesian collaborators, and 
incorporating records from previous expeditions, A Guide to the Subalpine and Alpine .... 
687 pages | 24 pages of colour plates | 
Kew RBG
Hbk | 2006 | 1842460579 | #153838A | 
£85.00
 
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