Author:POULSEN, Axel Dalberg

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Gingers of Sarawak. (A Pocket Guide)

By: POULSEN, Axel Dalberg

Price: £9.95

Publisher: Kota Kinabalu, 2006

Seller ID: 003687

ISBN: 9838121126

Condition: New

Well illustrated, 12mo, pp iv, 102, paperback, a very good copy. [A useful addition to the literature of this increasingly popular family. Sarawak is one of the most exciting place to study the richness of plant life and home to more than 150 gingers, the majority of which are found only in Borneo. Several species are useful as food, spice, medicine, ornamentals or other purposes. At the same time the ginger family is poorly studied by botanists, and many more species still remain to be discovered in the forests of Sarawak. This pocket guide provides a wealth of information including colour ph...
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Etlingera of Sulawesi

By: POULSEN, Axel Dalberg

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Kota Kinabalu, 2012

Seller ID: 008027

ISBN: 983812138X

Condition: New

Well illustrated, large 8vo, pp viii, 278, a very good copy in dustwrapper. A heavy book - extra postage may be required. [The ginger genus Etlingera Giseke is mostly found in evergreen equatorial forests. The westernmost species is probably Etlingera linguiformis (Roxb.) R.M. Sm. in Sikkim, India, and the easternmost E. cevuga (Seem.) R.M. Sm. about 14,000 km to the east on the Pacific island of Tahiti. A complete monograph of all species is still pending but likely to include between 150–200 species. The name of the genus remained unnoticed until 1986 when Burtt and Smith discovered that i...
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Etlingera of Borneo

By: POULSEN, Axel Dalberg.

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Kota Kinabalu, 2006

Seller ID: 003758

ISBN: 9838121177

Condition: New

Very well illus, large 8vo, pp x, 263, rear flap of dustwrapper folded, otherwise a very good copy. [An excellent new monograph on this ginger genus. Borneo is one of the most exciting places to study the richness of plant life on Earth and home to more than 300 ginger species. Etlingera is among the most diverse and attractive of the genera found there; several species are used as food, spice, medicine, ornamentals or for other purposes and it therefore becomes crucial to be able to identify them. The present revision treats 42 taxa, including 16 new species, one new subspecies, one new varie...
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Author:POULSEN, Axel Dalberg

Gingers of Sarawak. (A Pocket Guide)

Etlingera of Sulawesi

Etlingera of Borneo

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