Palgrave's Trees of Southern Africa

by Keith Coates Palgrave

Overview

This third edition of Trees of Southern Africa has been updated, revised and expanded by Meg Coates Palgrave. It features new simplified keys based on leaf characteristics, and incorporates updated names, reclassifications and new species. All known indigenous trees and many naturalised aliens occurring in southern Africa, south of the Zambezi-Cunene rivers, are included. Accompanying the descriptions are comprehensively revised maps reflecting up-to-date distribution, and drawings of a characteristic leaf and / or fruit. Other features incllude English and Afrikaans common names, notes on medicinal or magical properties and an illustrated glossary. A comprehensive, user-friendly guide, it will appeal to tree enthusiasts and professional botanists across the sub-continent.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781920572754
Publisher:	Penguin Random House South Africa
Publication date:	05/08/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1212
File size:	101 MB
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About the Author

The definitive work, Trees of Southern Africa, was originally written by the late Keith Coates Palgrave in 1977. Tree enthusiast, writer, teacher and inspector of schools, he was backed up in the mammoth task by his brother and sister-in-law, Paul and Meg Coates Palgrave, as photographers.
Meg Coates Palgrave, author of the new edition, is a highly respected and well-known expert on trees. She has written Key to Trees of Zimbabwe, and has generated extensive literature on the subject. Her significant contribution to the conservation of indigenous woodland in Zimbabwe won her an award from the Bob Rutherford Memorial Trust in 1996. Her work in compiling this new edition will serve to enhance the understanding, knowledge and, indeed, the preservation of our tree heritage.