The Grasses of Burma (Myanmar), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India and Pakistan (Excluding Bambuseae)
Bor, N.L.
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Book ID : 17902
Place
of Publication :
Dehradun
Year
of Publication :
1979
Edition : (Second Indian Reprint)
Language : English
With a foreword by George Taylor;
xviii, 767p., 80 Figs., App., Bib., Index, 25 cm. (Originally pub. in 1960) (First Reprinted in 1973)
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:-
GENERAL PART : Chapter 1. The Morphology of the Grass Plant: a) The vegetative shoot. b) The reproductive shoot. c) The flower. Chapter II. The Dispersal of Grass Fruits and Seeds. Chapter III. Uses of Grass. Chapter IV. Obnoxious Grasses.
SYSTEMATIC PART : Taxonomy and Phylogeny: Group I Panicoideae. Group II Poodeae.
DESCRIPTION
The book is the best book avilable on the subject. It is the work of an acknowledged authority and replaces volume of Dr. J.D. Hooker's flora of british india, which is now in many ways out of date. The main object is to provide in a volume of reasonable size, the means of determining the numerousspecies (including introduction) which comprisesthe grass flora of the subcontinental of India, Burma and Ceylon, to give the currently accepted names of the species and their synonyms and to supply other, information which may be useful to those Studying the group, and in particular to indicate those lines to research into the taxonomy of the family which are at present pursed. Some additions and corrections have been included to the reprint.
