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JEWELS OF THE JUNGLE
Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Part 1 - Bromelioideae) by José M.
Manzanares (2001)
To get an impression about the book, press here to see:
- cover(31 x 24 cm, with dust cover, 240 pp. full color)
- contents (all pages have a picture on the background)
- preface (by David A. Neill)
- inside the book (start of Genus Billbergia, left page: about the Genus in general, followed by the type and description (all descriptions are based on living specimen!), discussion and Key for the Species; right page: the description of species 1 and a variety, including literature, description, type, etymology, observations, material examined and distribution. Each species and variety is illustrated by at least one photo)
JEWELS OF THE JUNGLE
Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Part 2 - Pitcairnioideae) by José M.
Manzanares (2005)
To get an impression about the book, press here to see:
- cover (31 x 24 cm, with dust cover, 303 pp. full color)
- contents (all pages have a picture on the background)
- inside the book (a small study is presented of the 15 genera in the subfamily Pitcairnioideae. With details of therir characteristics, along with photographs in situ, in order to aid in their classification. In Ecuador, this subfamily is comprised of only Puya and Pitcairnia. The Genus Puya with 34 species 1 variety and 2 hybrids and the Genus Pitcairnia with 83 species, 11 varieties and 1 hybrid. Each species and variety is illustrated by at least one photo. In this opus, 14 new species, 4 varieties and 1 form of Pitcairnia and 9 new species of Puya and 2 new hybrids have been published).
Outside the USA this marvelous book is distributed via the BCG
You may contact Eric J.Gouda for ordering the
book,
or write to the Utrecht University Botanic Gardens
PO.Box 80.162, NL-3508 TD Utrecht,
The Netherlands.
Contact me (Eric J.Gouda)
for ordering and to calculate the price in Euros including,
shipping and handling.
Book price is € 100 each volume
shipping and handling not
included.
In the USA it can be ordered at Selby BG Press (sbgpress@selby.org)
or E.Patterson (bromelia@airmail.net)
Bromelia Contact Groep
Utrecht, The Netherlands