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Article: Malesian Seed Plants Volume 3--Portraits of Non-Tree Families

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M. M. J. van Balgooy. Malesian Seed Plants Volume 3 - Portraits of Non-Tree Families. Pp. 260, 190 black & white line drawings. Netherlands: Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Universiteit Leiden Branch, Publications Department, P.O. Box 9514, 2300 RA Leiden, 2001. Price: 45. ISBN: 90-71236-50-1 (softback).

This volume on non-tree families concludes Max van Balgooy's series on Malesian Seed Plants. Previous volumes included Spot-Characters (1997) and Portraits of Tree Families (1998). Volume 3 deals with 124 non-tree families comprising mainly climbers, herbs, shrubs, or trees no taller than 10 m. Non-indigenous but naturalized families such as Cannaceae and Turneraceae are treated in the ...

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