Plants of Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge, Cameroon, The: A Conservation Checklist
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Plants of Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge, Cameroon, The: A Conservation Checklist
By (Author) Martin Cheek
By (author) Jean-Michel Onana
By (author) P S Pollard
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew Publishing
1st November 2000
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
581.96711
Physical Properties
Paperback
215
Width 210mm, Height 297mm
Description
The major purpose of this book is to enable identification of the wild plant species of Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge, in particular 'Red Data' taxa (those that are the highest priorities for conservation). Of the nearly one thousand species and subspecies described in this book, 52 are threatened or near threatened with extinction. Of these, 14 are only found in Ijim area and nowhere else in the world. This publication will help foresters, agriculturists and medical practitioners.
Author Bio
Jean-Michel Onana is a botanist based at the IRAD-National Herbarium of Cameroon.
