Orchid Biology Reviews and Perspectives, III
Editado por Joseph Arditti

432 páginas
Formato: 26,5cm x 19cm

Segunda edição: 1984

Preço (Brasil): R$120,00 + frete
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This is the third volume in a unique series that brings together and scientifically reviews information on orchids. It includes seven original articles by leading international authorities in the field. The books open with the personal reminiscences of Rebecca Tyson Northen, an orchid enthusiast.A second chapter on the ethnobotany of orchids - the most complete account ever written - demonstrates that the uses of orchids are as varied as their sizes, shapes, fragrances, poisonous and allergenic orchids, one with Cymbidium, an important genus for both hobby and cut-flowers growers, one with phytoalexins, one with the physiology of germinating orchids seeds, and one with the carbohydrates of the Orchidaceae