This practical guide and reference book aims to enable the reader to identify the flowering plants found in the wild in Barbados - plants many people would regard as just weeds. There are 700 such plants in Barbados, 520 of these are described - 192 with colour photographs. Plant descriptions of monocotyledons and of dicotyledons, have critical distinguishing features and diagnostic characteristics for identification. Abundance and distribution in Barbados is given together with interesting facts/folklore relating to uses. ...
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This practical guide and reference book aims to enable the reader to identify the flowering plants found in the wild in Barbados - plants many people would regard as just weeds. There are 700 such plants in Barbados, 520 of these are described - 192 with colour photographs. Plant descriptions of monocotyledons and of dicotyledons, have critical distinguishing features and diagnostic characteristics for identification. Abundance and distribution in Barbados is given together with interesting facts/folklore relating to uses. The "quick and dirty" method is described - used in the field to identify the plant that is found. Sean Carrington provides the full-colour photographs.
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