Available Formats
Hardback, Illustrated edition
Published: 1st February 2014
Paperback, New edition
Published: 1st April 2020
Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Algarve: Second edition
By (Author) Chris Thorogood
By (author) Simon Hiscock
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew Publishing
1st April 2020
New edition
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Taxonomy and systematics
Travel writing
582.13094696
Paperback
274
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
500g
Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Algarve is the most comprehensive identification guide to the rich Mediterranean flora of the Algarve region of southern Portugal, including the Cape St. Vincent Peninsula National Park, an area of immense botanical importance with numerous endemic and rare species.
Detailed easy-to-use entries make this guide an essential companion for botanists, students and wildlife tourists.
This second edition has been fully updated to the latest in plant phylogenetic relationships, with information provided on where to see plants, and descriptions of habitat and vegetation types.
In addition rare and unusual plants of the region are highlighted, including orchids and parasitic plants.
With over 1,000 species descriptions, the book is abundantly illustrated throughout with more than 650 stunning colour photographs and 780 line drawings.
Chris Thorogood is Deputy Director and Head of Science at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. Chris taught field biology in the Algarve for nine years. Simon Hiscock is a Professor of Botany, and Director of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. He led botanical field courses in the Algarve for over ten years with the University of Bristol. His research focusses on plant evolutionary genetics and plant reproduction.