Flora Of Yucatan

By Paul Carpenter Standley

Book Overview

A living atlas of Yucatan's plants, rendered with scholarly care and an eye for the wild. Every specimen tells a story. Paul Carpenter Standley's Flora Of Yucatan is a foundational botanical reference book and practical plant identification guide, a flora catalogue of the peninsula that documents native plants of Yucatan with the observational rigour of early 20th century botany. Equal parts field guide for botanists and academic research resource, the work assembles what amounts to a comprehensive plant collection in text: taxonomic notes, habitat descriptions and distributional observations that remain useful for tropical botany study and enquiries into mexico natural history. Though rooted in its time, its scope is broad, addressing genera and families across swamps, scrub and forest and supplying a historical baseline for later surveys. Historically significant among Standley's botany works, this volume shaped later surveys and remains a touchstone in studies of regional plant diversity. Its calm, methodical approach makes it accessible to casual nature readers, who appreciate lucid description and the sense of place the entries evoke; at the same time classic-literature collectors will prize its provenance and its role in the wider story of early tropical science. For conservationists and students it provides an archival baseline to gauge changes in habitat and species range. Today the book is consulted by herbarium staff, university researchers and conservation programmes tracing nomenclatural history and shifts in distribution; lecturers use it alongside modern floras as a comparative academic research resource. Used on the trail or on the shelf, it bridges field practice and scholarly enquiry, marrying empirical detail with a measured, literary attention to the peninsula's living forms. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 935421665X
• ISBN13: 9789354216657
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"