The most comprehensive listing of the known useful plants for this country. Compiled by a team of Colombian and international botanists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Humboldt Institute and numerous partner institutions, it consolidates expert-generated information linked and accessible through an online portal (ColPlantA). The checklist is accompanied by 11 chapters written by specialists, providing perspectives on the state of knowledge on the useful plants of Colombia, covering a range of topics, from taxonomic, geographic and conservation aspects, to their use in sustainable value chains and contributions to the bioeconomy, specific topics such as medicinal, edible and insecticide plants, and their representation in the Amazon region, and in Kew’s economic botany collection. The catalogue is further enriched by diverse supplementary material.
| ISBN: | 9781842467749 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 2023 |
| Author: | Raquel Negrão et al |
| Publisher: | Kew Publishing an imprint of Royal Botanic Gardens |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 1056 pages |
| Genres: |
Botany and plant sciences Reference works |