Title: What's that Tree?
Subtitle: A starter's guide to treas of southern Africa
Author: Eugen Moll
Publisher: Random House Struik
Imprint: Struik Nature
Cape Town, South Africa 2011
ISBN 9781770078314 / ISBN 978-1-77007-831-4
EU-Import: Namibiana Buchdepot
Softcover, 17 x 24 cm, 184 pages, throughout colour photos
Amateur and more seasoned tree-spotters will welcome What's that Tree? A starter's guide to treas of southern Africa. Accessible and straightforward, this tree guide groups trees into their broad families, based on the features that related species share. This allows readers to narrow down their choices to a few likely possibilities before tackling the detail of species identification. What's that Tree? A starter's guide to treas of southern Africa offers a simple, authoritative text, side-bars with interesting additional information, multiple full-colour photographs of some 480 species and their key diagnostic features, and an illustrated glossary of plant parts. This helpful introductory guide will provide an invaluable entry point for anyone interested in getting to know the trees of the region.
Eugene Moll is an extraordinary professor in the Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology at the University of the Western Cape. He holds a PhD in plant ecology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and spent time at the universities of Cape Town and Queensland, before coming home to Cape Town to retire in 2003. He edited the first edition of the Keith Coates Palgrave Trees of Southern Africa, has authored and co-authored five tree guides, written numerous papers and chapters on trees and the ecology of woody plants, and has travelled widely to study vegetation dynamics in order to better understand how humans have impacted on vegetation globally.
Introduction
Mangroves & allied species
Tree-fern Family
Cycad Family
Yellowwood Family
Cypress Family
Hernandia Family
Lemonwood Family
Avocado Family
Aloe Family
Palm Family
Strelitzia & Banana Families
Protea Family
Witch-hazel Family
Bottlebrush Family
Combretum Family
Pride-of-India Family
Guava Family
Lavender-tree Family
Hard-pear Family
Torchwood Family
Legume Family
Thorn tree Subfamily
Bauhinia Subfamily
Pea & Bean Subfamily
Milkwort Family
Rose Family
Buffalo-thorn Family
Elm Family
Fig Family
Waxberry Family
Spikethorn Family
Wild-alder Family
Onionwood Family
Euphorbia Family
Wild-plane Family
Coco-plum Family
Mangosteen Family
Willow Family
Wild-peach Family
Caper Family
Myrrh Family
Mango Family
Litchi Family
Kirkia Family
Citrus Family
Hibiscus Family
Dwarf false-baobabs
Fibre-bark Family
Meranti Family
Spekboom Family
Assegai Family
Milkwood Family
Ebony Family
False-assegai Family
Myrsine Family
Heath Family
White-pear Family
Coffee Family
Monkey-orange Family
Oleander Family
Forget-me-not Family
Nightshade Family
Olive Family
Nuxia Family
Jacaranda Family
Mint Family
Daisy Family
Cabbage-tree Family
Glossary of terms
Index