This user-friendly and authoritative book will serve scientists,
growers, and sightseers as a guide to the 67 genra and 550 species of
naturally occurring palms found in the Americas. Its purpose is to give
an introduction to the diversity of palms and allow almost anyone to
identify a palm from this part of the world.
Andrew Henderson is Assistant Scientist at the New York Botanical
Garden. Gloria Galeano and Rodrigo Bernal are Assistant Professors at
the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia,
Bogota.
Originally published in 1995.
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