Climbers, Shrubs and Trees of Uganda

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LEMMENS RUDOLPHE

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EAN : 9782322662517

Paru le : 5 juil. 2025

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Détails

EAN13 : 9782322662517
Réf. éditeur : 408535
Editeur : Books On Demand
Date Parution : 5 juil. 2025
Disponibilite : Disponible
Barème de remise : NS
Nombre de pages : 620
Format : H:303 mm L:215 mm E:42 mm
Poids : 2.046kg

Résumé

Résumé : Climbers, Shrubs and Trees of Uganda is his third book on trees of East Africa. Growth and Cultivation of 85 Indigenous Trees (2010), Useful Trees of East Africa (2020) describing Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania Indigenous Tree species. Climbers, Shrubs and Trees of Uganda is a compendium of the climbers,, shrubs and trees occurring or at least once detected in Uganda, based on the presence of dried specimens in national and international herbaria. The fieldwork for the preparation of this work was carried out from 2006 to 2017 in collaboration with colleagues from the Toro Botanical Gardens, Fort Portal. In principle all woody plant species, from climbers, scramblers, subshrubs, shrubs, small, medium and large trees found in Uganda are described in this book, i.e. more than 1,000 species classified into 99 families.For identification purposes line drawings of vegetative characteristics, identification keys and vernacular names are provided. The main objective of this work is to draw up an inventory of current knowledge on woody plants present in Uganda in order to arouse general interest in plants and botanical research in particular and above all to contribute to the conservation of this treasure for future generations.
Biographie : Rudolphe Lemmens is an agricultural engineer by training and botanist by interest, who has worked in Africa for 20 years including 15 years in Uganda, mainly to develop sustainable agriculture systems for rural communities and cooperation between farmers. Founding member of Toro Botanical Gardens (2001), lecturer of organic agriculture and botany at Mountains of the Moon University, Fort Portal, today retired organic gardener living in the South of France.