02593nam 22006014a 450 991083033370332120230617040811.01-282-11242-297866121124230-470-29208-30-470-29002-1(CKB)1000000000687279(EBL)468837(OCoLC)609847568(SSID)ssj0000354266(PQKBManifestationID)11259042(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000354266(PQKBWorkID)10320237(PQKB)11633192(MiAaPQ)EBC468837(EXLCZ)99100000000068727920040630d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGuide to tendrillate climbers of Costa Rican mountains[electronic resource] /Alexander Krings, Richard R. Braham1st ed.Ames, Iowa Blackwell Pub.20051 online resource (192 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8138-0758-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-174) and index.Introduction -- Families -- Bignoniaceae -- Cucurbitaceae -- Fabaceae -- Loganiaceae -- Passifloraceae -- Polemoniaceae -- Polygonaceae -- Rhamnaceae -- Sapindaceae -- Smilacaceae -- Vitaceae.Climbers, such as lianas and vines, are important constituents of tropical forests and perhaps the single most important physiognomic characteristic differentiating tropical from temperate forests, occurring on nearly 50% of forest trees in Central and South America. Despite their widespread nutritional and medicinal use, lianas remain poorly understood ecologically. Tendrillate Climbers offers comprehensive coverage of all of the tendrillate lianas of Costa Rica and most of the tendrillate lianas of Central America. This unique reference provides Excellent keys to familiesClimbing plantsCosta RicaIdentificationForest plantsCosta RicaIdentificationMountain plantsCosta RicaIdentificationClimbing plantsForest plantsMountain plants582.1582.18097286Krings Alexander905999Braham Richard R906000MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830333703321Guide to tendrillate climbers of Costa Rican mountains2026345UNINA