A Guide to the Alpine and Subalpine Flora of Mount Jaya

Royal Botanic Garden Kew, 2006. 24 colour plates, many line drawings in text, thick 8vo, pp x, 653, laminated boards, a very good copy. [A detailed record of Mount Jaya in New Guinea - the tallest mountain in South-East Asia. Based on five expeditions to the area by Kew and its Indonesian collaborators, and incorporating records from previous expeditions, A Guide to the Subalpine and Alpine Flora of Mount Jaya is a comprehensive record of the high elevation flora of the tallest mountain in South-East Asia, and an indispensable resource for everyone with an interest in the ecological management of New Guinea and the Lorentz World Heritage Area in particular. Concise descriptions of all species of flowering plants, ferns and gymnosperms growing above 2,800 metres, with notes on their ecology, distribution and conservation status Line drawings illustrating an example of each genus More than 70 colour photographs of plants and their habitats A succinct introduction to the region's geology, climate and geomorphology ].. First Edition. Pictorial boards. New.