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Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands by Egbert H. Walker; with the assistance and collaboration of many Okinawan, Japanese, Chinese, and western botanists is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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This is an extremely comprehensive and important flora for the northwestern Pacific. The text and narrative is crisp and clear. It is an invaluable reference for ecologists and botanists from the Bonins to Micronesia. via G Baxlewy..."With meticulous care and an essentially conservative perspective, Egbert Walker has written this reference book designed to supply the needs of a wide and diverse audience. The work treats the vascular cryptogams and seed plants occurring in the portion of the Ryukyu Archipelago extending from Iheya Island, just north of Okinawa, to Yonaguni Island, at the southern end of the chain. In compiling this Flora, Walker received contributions and material aid from many fellow botanists in many parts of the world. Over 2080 species in 1008 genera and 218 families are fully described in this Flora, clarifying much of the existing confusion in our knowledge of the plants of this area. Not only are the taxa identified by their scientific names, but by their Romanized Japanese and Okinawan names, and also by their English names when available." "The glossary of technical terms gives the equivalents in English and Japanese. The meanings of scientific plant names

Author

Egbert H. Walker; with the assistance and collaboration of many Okinawan, Japanese, Chinese, and western botanists

Publisher

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press

Published

1976

Language

EN

ISBN

9780874741452

Subjects

Science, Stem