Flowers of Turkey A photo guide
Format: 17 x 24
Hardcover
Pages: 448 (408 colour plates)
Illustrated species: 4153 (all in full
colour and with a lot of detail photos)
Language: English
Price: € 79.- (postage excluded)
Editor: Gerhard Pils (2006)
Front cover
Back cover
Within the boundaries of Turkey more than
9000 species of Higher Plants are growing spontaneously, about
30 percent of them endemics, i.e. growing nowhere else on our
planet. Simultaneously, in the last decades the country
experienced a veritable boom in its tourism industry. About 20
million of visitors are expected each year, among them a
considerable number with an interest in Turkey's natural
beauties. Unfortunately, this desire to learn more about nature
traditionally was hindered gravely by the lack of well
illustrated literature, especially for non coastal areas. Flowers of Turkey intends
to close this gap. It should make plant identifications much
easier for both, professional botanists but also interested
"laymen" as entomologists, geographers, gardeners or
naturalists.
SPECIAL FEATURES
First photo guide for the whole area of the
Turkish Republic, from the busy Mediterranean coasts to the
remote peaks of “Wild Kurdistan”.
With 4153 species of Higher Plants in full
colour by far the most comprehensive photo guide ever published
for Mediterranean and Black Sea Regions.
In contrast to most other photo guides
containing a lot of close up photos, thus easing
identifications in difficult groups considerably.