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The Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms

by Robert Lee Riffle
2d ed. Timber. 2012. c.517p. ed. by & others. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781604692051. $59.95. REF
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Riffle (Tropical Look), Paul Craft (International Palm Soc.), and Scott Zona (Wertheim Conservatory, Florida International Univ.) precede this expanded field guide with a discussion of palm characteristics, decisive omissions, and a spread detailing palm taxonomy that delineates subfamilies, genera, and species. A gallery of full-color plates illustrates precise species characteristics, while the book's second half offers descriptive text organized by alphabetized genus and species. Multiparagraph entries prudently open with phonetically spelled taxonomic names and corresponding plate numbers, and detail location, physical description, and idiosyncrasies.
VERDICT Supplants Don Ellison and Anthony Ellison's Betrock's Cultivated Palms of the World.
Reviewed by Savannah Schroll Guz , Aug 01, 2012
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