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Interactive Flora of the British Isles - A digital encyclopedia

Price: £20.50

 

Interactive Flora of the British Isles - A digital encyclopedia

Author(s): Clive Stace, R. van der Meijden (Ed.), I.de Kort (Ed.)

Version: 1.0

Platforms: Hybrid DVD-ROM

Available: Mac and Windows DVD-ROM newly available

ISBN: 90-75000-69-3

Discounted from £25.49 for a limited time
This interactive multimedia DVD-ROM holds 3.3 gigabites of information and truly breaks new ground in the field of plant identification and information provision. It is an encyclopedic work, compiled from authoritative sources, and presents an overview of the entire flora of the British Isles.

Interactive Flora of the British Isles encompasses more than 3,500 taxa and includes all natives, all naturalized plants, all crop plants and all recurrent casuals.

Full descriptions and identification keys from the printed 2nd edition of Stace's New Flora of the British Isles (1997) are incorporated and updated to the present state-of-the-art. This digital bioinmormatics tool for flora is illustrated with some 8500 unique colour slides and drawings to facilitate quick and reliable identification.

The technical terms in the text are hyperlinked to an extensive glossary to provide an immediate explanation. Detailed distribution data, based on over 9 million records and derived from the New Atlas of the British & Irish Flora of Preston, Pearman & Dines (2002), are presented in an interactive geographic information system supporting quick geographic searches.

This user-friendly DVD-ROM contains an enormous amount of authoritative information on the British flora. It should be in the reference collection of anyone interested in plants, whether an amateur or a professional, teacher or student, rambler or gardener.


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plant identification key, biology of plants, plant species, plant identification, plant identification guide, plant science, bioinformatics tool, biology plants, british flora, native flora, botanical names, botany, plant classification, plant morphology, plant taxonomy, plant species

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