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Illustrated in the senior author own hand, the present volume forms the first part of an exhaustive work devoted to one of the most beautiful areas in the Kashmir Himalaya. Intesnvie field and laboratory studies on the flora of the Upper Lidder Valleys, undertaken for well over five years duration, have yielded a wealth of species, of which 6 belonging to Gymnospermae and 295 to Polypetalae alone form the materials for this volume. The book covers 130 genera under 35 families and is the first ever for any of the side valleys of Kashmir to give all the move important aids to plant identification, viz. short descriptive accounts and analytical keys at the familial, generic and specific levels etc., under a single cover. Its appeal is further enhanced by up to date nomenclature, notes (wherever possible) on medicinal and other uses of various species, 94 original line drawings and 27 photographs depicting the area covered and its vegetation.
Students, teachers, professional botanists and botanically minded laymen eager to develop intimacy with the flora of Upper Lidder Valleys will find the book a useful companion. ISBN - 9788185046638
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Pages : 269
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