Author: Chadwell, C.A. (Ed.)
Title: Report of the Kashmir Botanical Expedition 1983: July 16th - September 24th, valley of Kashmir and Western Ladakh, North India
Description: [C.A. Chadwell] 1985 [vi], 103, 47 b/w photos, 6 text figs. . PB. Comb binding. Good. Inscribed by the editor and leader of the expedition, C.A. Chadwell.. Second impression. The aims of the expedition were to gather seed from horticulturally promising species and to collect specimens for botanical study. Over 300 collections of seed were gathered from a variety of alpines, trees and shrubs. The practicalities of using Plant Tissue Culture as a means of introducing plants into cultivation were explored. Quality collections of pressed specimens of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens were made from high-altitude localities on behalf of herbaria in Britain and Kashmir.. [9780950993102]

Keywords: Botany; India; South Asia; Asia; Kashmir; Scientific Expedition Report; Western Ladakh


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