1972 Flora Neotropica Monograph No 9 Chrysobalanaceae

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

First edition, in the publisher's original paper wraps.

Scarce.

This work was published for the Organization for Flora Neotropica, a series of monographs studying American plants and plant families in the region of the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn. This particular volume was Monograph No. 9, on the topic of Chrysobalanaceae, a family of flowering plants consisting of around seven hundred species of trees and shrubs.

Written by Dr. Ghillean T. Prance, a research assistant and botanical curator for The New York Botanical Garden.

With illustrations and diagrams of various plant species to accompany the text.