Fleurs

1999 — Fine Fine English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (30 x 23 cm). In English, Turkmen, and Russian. 277 p., 109 maps, 109 color ills., data sources. The red data book of Turkmenistan. Vol. 2: Plants.= Türkmenistanin gizil kitabi. Tom. 2: Ösümlikler. It is an official reference book about up-to-date state of Turkmenistan flora species being in need of protection. Infermation about extent of occurrence, area of occupancy, the population number, limiting factors, biological features, introduction and cultivation, the adopted and needed protection measures of 109 plants: three species of Fungi (Eumycota), five - of Lichens, two- of Bryophyta, six- of Polypodiophyta (True ferns), one - of Pinophyta (Gymnosperms), 92 - of Magniophyta (Angiosperms) is stated. For each species there is a sketch, a map of its distribution in Turkmenistan and coloured drawing. The red data book is intended for workers of nature protection services, specialists in the field of botany, zoology and ecology, students and instructors of higher educational establishments, for a wide audience interested in nature and ecological problems as well.