The Potatoes of South America: Bolivia

ISBN-13: 9780521380249 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 570 str.

Carlos M. Ochoa

Opis

This authoritative and scholarly treatise on the potatoes of Bolivia provides a definitive guide to the rich diversity and taxonomy of this important group of plants. The volume represents the culmination of a lifetime's study of these potatoes by Carlos Ochoa, and is published in collaboration with the International Potato Center in Lima, Peru. As such, it represents a definitive guide to these potatoes and is the first to be prepared under the auspices of a South American botanist. The text is abundantly illustrated throughout with clear line drawings, photographs and many specially commissioned water colors. Further volumes are planned on other South American potatoes.

Recenzje

"...essential for the botanical taxonomist. For agronomists, ethnobotanists, and anthropologists concerned with Andean subsistence issues the volume will be a useful reference work....handsomely produced, expertly translated, and carefully edited. It includes twenty-five water color plates of Solanum species and tuber varieties. Nearly two hundred maps, line drawings, and photographs of plant specimens and habitat locales enliven the detailed taxonomic descriptions." Kent Mathewson, The Latin American Anthropology Review

Spis treści

Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Historical Review; Part II. Geography and Climate; Part III. Systematic Treatment: 1. Wild species; 2. Cultivated species; Appendices; Literature cited; Index of scientific terms.