TY - JOUR
AU - Trias-Blasi, A.
AB - bs_bs_banner 580 BOOK REVIEWS start, as demonstrated in other books in the Kew book), refers to plants growing in alpine climates but Field Guide series. not necessarily only in the Alps region. Alpine or As a companion to any trip to the Algarve, I would mountain climates are found in regions above the tree certainly recommend this field guide. Whether you line in various areas around the world such as the are looking for the unique Silene rothmaleri or for the Rocky Mountains, the Andes and the Himalayas. very rare Drosophyllum lusitanicum, this book is a The second and largest section of this book is the great introduction to botanical exploration of this catalogue of taxa. There are no identification keys, region. It is also a good addition to previous published instead the plants are arranged first by flower botanical work, especially for the amazing compila- colour and then by number of perianth segments or tion of photos and drawings. It is a comfortable size to flower shape. This indeed helps to narrow down the be taken out into the field and will no doubt serve you choice but you still need to go through each one of well 
TI - A Field Guide to the Flowers of the Alps
JO - Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
DO - 10.1111/boj.12125
DA - 2014-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/a-field-guide-to-the-flowers-of-the-alps-G2XRdMY8FR
SP - 580
EP - 581
VL - 176
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -