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Botanical Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Native Plants (Volume II)

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This book presents a meticulously curated collection of 20 rare and endangered native plant species found in Hong Kong.
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  • 29 April 2025
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This appealingly illustrated book is the second volume of Botanical Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Native Plants. It presents a meticulously curated collection of 20 rare and endangered native plant species found in Hong Kong, featuring scientific, detailed pen-and-ink illustrations and morphological descriptions. This volume introduces a new section showcasing ‘Scanning Electron Microscope Images’ that reveals the intricate beauty of pollen and spores.
This guide provides essential reference materials for species authentication and is of particular significance for plant preservation efforts in Hong Kong.

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Price: $52.00
Pages: 376
Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Imprint: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Publication Date: 29 April 2025
Trim Size: 11.00 X 7.70 in
ISBN: 9789882373198
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:

SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, NATURE / Plants / General, ART / Techniques / Pen & Ink Drawing

This book provides a rich source of information on some of the most critical plants in Hong Kong. To know these plants so intimately will help to preserve them. This unique book is not only of valuable to the plant sciences, but is also a guide to the special kinds of plants that can grow in Hong Kong because of the way we care for the places where they thrive.

Dr David T. W. Lau is Curator of the Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium, School of Life Sciences,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Hiu-Yan Wong is Research Coordinator, Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Man-Ching Li is Research Coordinator, Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Foreword by David E. Boufford

Foreword by Ping Ma

Preface by David T. W. Lau

Documentation of Pollen and Spores by Scanning Electron Microscopy

How is Book Is Organised

Botanical Illustrated Guide to 20 Rare and Endangered Hong Kong Native Plants

Further Reading

Acknowledgements

Glossary

About the Editorial Team

About the Botanical Illustration Consultant