A guide to families of common flowering plants in the Philippines /

Castro, Irma Remo.

A guide to families of common flowering plants in the Philippines / Irma Remo Castro. - Quezon City : University of the Phillipines Press, c2006. - xii, 199 p. : ill. 23 cm.

This book is an introduction to the science of plant classification and identification or plant taxonomy. It defines terms in describing a flowering plant and its parts and presents the characteristics of families of common flowering plants in the Philippines. Descriptions are supplemented by drawings and photographs. Plants commonly found in gardens, parks, and vacant lots are used as examples, and, therefore, are readily available for study. A section is devoted to the establishment and maintenance of and herbarium (U.P. Press).

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Plants--Philippines
Wild flowers--Philippines

F QK 368 .C279 2006