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Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean

Rolf Kuhn Henrik Pedersen Phillip Cribb

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English
Kew Publishing
11 June 2019
Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean is a comprehensive photographic guide to the orchids of the region written by leading experts, who between them have decades of orchid field and research experience.

The book covers 30 genera and their species including Ophrys, Cypripedium, Orchism, as well as 70 natural hybrids. To simplify identification, several images accompany each species to illustrate their diversity, along with notes on distinguishing features and distribution maps. Each species is also accompanied by common names and important synonyms, as well as notes on habitat, flowering times and distinguishing features.

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Imprint:   Kew Publishing
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
ISBN:   9781842466698
ISBN 10:   1842466690
Pages:   320
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Rolf Kühn is associated with the Swiss Orchid Foundation at the University of Basel, Switzerland. He has spent more than 40 years searching and exploring for and photographing orchids in their native habitats in Europe and the Mediterranean. Henrik Pedersen is Emeritus at the Natural History Museum of Denmark where he was previouslyAssociate Professor and Curator. He runs Select Nature, a consultancy firm also offering lectures,courses and guided tours. He has had a life-long interest in European and Asian orchids and is theauthor or co-author of several books including Ophrys: the bee orchids of Europe (Kew Publishing, 2007) and Orchids (William Collins, 2017). Phillip Cribb is a leading specialist on the taxonomy and conservation of orchids, and a member of the RHS Orchid Committee. He was Deputy Keeper of the Herbarium and Curator of the Orchid Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew .

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