Identification Guide to Grasses and Bamboos in Madagascar
| By: | Maria Vorontsova |
| Publisher: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Print ISBN: | 9781842466483 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781842466599 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2018 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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The family containing grasses and bamboos, Poaceae, includes an estimated 12,000 species. Grasses and bamboos have always been a central pillar of people’s lives, providing rice, maize, sugarcane, and bread wheat for humans and livestock. Despite their importance, Madagascar’s grasses are still poorly known. This guide provides a practical means of identifying these beautiful and interesting plants at the generic level, featuring 144 grasses described with life size color photographs.