Since the publication of the first edition of Guide to the Flowers of Western China in 2011, there have been great strides in knowledge of the flora of China through international collaboration. Many plants included in the first edition have been revisited in the wild, while areas hitherto inaccessible have opened up, if sometimes only temporarily. Great advances in systematic botany have occurred since the publication of the first edition, particularly with widespread availability of rapid DNA analysis. The result of this has been an influx of new photographs and data, and the need for a second edition of Guide to the Flowers of Western China.

Ethiopia's orchids are sparsely represented in herbaria and their biology, ecology and conservation status remains poorly understood. With detailed descriptions, keys, line drawings, distribution maps and colour photographs, this field guide is an invaluable source to anyone who wants to identify these orchids in the field.

As is the case with many other rare and sought-after species of plant and animal, Madagascar is one of the world's prime locations for orchids, which make up the largest family of flowering plants on the island. Madagascar is home to nearly one thousand different species of orchids--which make up nearly ten percent of the island's flora--nearly nine hundred of them endemic. Orchids are found in almost every habitat on the island, from the mountains to the coasts, and this field guide--the first of its kind, fully illustrated with color photographs and packed with details to aid identification--is an invaluable tool for researchers and ecotourists visiting the island.

This, the first major work on Cymbidium, since the authors' classic work published in 1988, is a completely new treatment covering all current known species. Their biology, a usable classification consistent with the latest molecular techniques, evolution, ecology, distribution and cultivation are all carefully explored. With over 200 maps, photographs and paintings.

This two-volume set dedicated to Rolf Dahlgren (1932-1986), contains 31 papers presented at an international Monocotyledons conference: Systematics and Evolution symposium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1993. The conference addressed systematics, mainly at family level and above, with the aim of encouraging a new classification.

An attempt to pull together what is known about that extraordinary tree, the African baobab (Adansonia digitat L. - Bombaceae). Illustrated with 5 half-tone plates, 3 maps and a diagnostic line drawing.

Guide to a rich and varied orchid flora under increasing pressure from the accelerating and widespread destruction of the forests of the Pacific islands. Illustrated with 80 full-page line drawing and 16 pages of colour photographs.