Woody Flora of Taiwan by Hui-Lin Li Hardcover 1971 Flora, Botany, Taxonomy Asia - illustrated

Title: Woody Flora of Taiwan

Author: Hui-Lin Li

Description: Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Appears to have been printed in Taiwan (copyright page info is in Chinese). Spine slightly sun-faded. Previous owner's name on front paste-down, else clean. Illustrated. Index. x, 974 pp. 8.25 x 6 inches.

An extensive monograph, cataloging with descriptions the taxa of the woody flora of Taiwan, which cover 11 categories of species: the Pantropical, Paleotropical, Tropical Asiatic, Southern Pacific, Philippine, Eastern Asiatic, Japanese, Liukiu, Southern and Eastern Chinese, Central and Western Chinese, and Endemic elements. Originally published in 1963, this study was initiated in 1947 at National Taiwan University with additional extensive studies done at the Smithsonian Institution, the Morris Arboretum (University of Pennsylvania), Harvard, New York Botanical Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the British Museum, Kyoto University, and Tokyo University.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None

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Year: 1971

Language: English

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Keywords: Formosa, China, East Asia, flora, biology, plants, taxonomy,