Komarov, V.L. Flora of the U.S.S.R. Volume 5. Pub. Bisen Singh. 1985
pp.xxvii, 593 with figs. and 2 fold-out maps at rear of text. A vg. copy in green cloth boards.
This book reviews the largest group of plants in the former U.S.S.R namely Choripetalae. This volume focuses on the great number of arboreous plants of this area namely poplars, willows, birchs, alders, oaks, hornbeams, hazelnuts etc. This volume also includes the family of Polygonaceae, the shrubby representatives of which are so characteristic of the deserts of central Asia.
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