Trees of New Guinea

Trees of New Guinea is the essential companion to anyone studying or working in the region, including botanists, conservation workers, ecologists and zoologists.

The island of New Guinea is the most oristically diverse island in the world with an extremely rich tree ora of up to 5,000 species. Trees of New Guinea details each of the 693 plant genera with arborescent members found in New Guinea. The entire New Guinea region is covered, including the West Papua and Papua Provinces of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the surrounding islands such as New Britain, New Ireland and Bougainville.

The book follows contemporary classications and is richly illustrated with line drawings and photographs throughout. Each group has a family description and key to the New Guinea tree genera, followed by a description of each genus, with notes on taxonomy, distribution, ecology and diagnostic characters.

• First publication of its kind for the region
• Comprehensive guide to all 693 tree genera of New Guinea
• Written by Kew experts
• Scientifically accurate descriptions for each genus given, accompanied by extensive colour photographs and line drawings
• Each group has a family description and key to the New Guinea tree genera, followed by a description of each genus, notes on taxonomy, distribution, ecology and diagnostic characters
• Features keys and family/generic descriptions for family circumscriptions previously unrecognised
• Content organised using Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 3 classification system
• Essential companion to anyone studying or working in the region, including botanists, conservation workers, ecologists and zoologists