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| Item | 47164 |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 0-620-14282-0 |
| UDC Class: | 631.4(680) |
| Title: | Acocks Notes: Key Grasses of Southern Africa |
| Subtitle: | Special Publication 1990 - Compiled by P.J.K. Zacharias |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Grass Species of South Africa, Master Grasses, Habitats, Grass Scientific Names |
| Publication Date: | 1990 |
| Publisher’s Name: | Grassland Society of Southern Africa (on the occasion of its 25th Anniversary) |
| Place of Publication: | Cape Town |
| Project Sponsor: | Grassland Society of Southern Africa |
| Corporate Author: | Grassland Society of Southern Africa. |
| Author: | Acocks, J.P.H., and Zacharias, P.J.K. (as the compiler) |
| Material Extent: | 154 pages; text with 60 text maps, 118 figures (line drawings illustrations), 125 black & white photographs, list of references, synonyms list, and species index. |
| Material Characteristics: | Printed, bound, book including the original hand-written work/notes of the author, photographs, text maps and illustrations. |
| Material Type: | Perfect bound with deluxe leather cover. |
| Summary Abstract: | This book, "Acocks' Notes: Key Grasses of South Africa", was published as an especial edition by the Grassland Society of Southern Africa as a tribute to the author, on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Society. The notes from the author, in the book are reproduced as a facsimile of a manuscript written in his own hand. Two hundred and eight master/key grass species are presented and described in the book; these are grouped according to specific habitats where they dominantly occur. Numerous black & white photographs, grass drawings and text maps accompany the description of the master grasses.This version of the book, in the WOSSAC Archive, is a leather-bound deluxe edition of only 200 copies, of which this is number 151. |
| Country Now: | South Africa |
| Region: | Southern Africa |
| Nearest City: | Cape Town |
| Northernmost Latitude (decimal degrees): | -22.1 |
| Southernmost Latitude (decimal degrees): | -34.85 |
| Easternmost Longitude (decimal degrees): | 33 |
| Westernmost Longitude (decimal degrees): | 16.5 |
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