Illustrated with 664 colour photos mostly taken of plants growing in the wild; 70 line drawings. Describes 1118 species in 139 genera known from Sumatra and the surrounding islands. Photos are placed as close as possible to the descriptions to enable more people to identify species. Botanical descriptions are as complete as possible, and have avoided technical taxonomic words. The month of flowering of plants is given. The author lists the altitude from which the temperature can be calculated. A totally stunning publication
If you order this title you may receive ISBN 1 84246 027 7 listing Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew as the publisher. Both ISBNs are the same book - just different publishers.
