Flowering Plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and Adjacent Areas

Authors: By A. Michael Powell and Richard D. Worthington SBM 49ISSN 0883-1475ISBN-13: 978-1-889878-59-1 Publication Date: 1 November 2018Copyright © 2018 A. Michael Powell and Richard D. WorthingtonSpecifications: 7.5"×10.5" (hbk), 1464 pp., 768 color photos., 44 introduction photos and maps (dust jacket design & illustration by Layla Luna)   About the Book This is the first complete floristic treatment of all of the native and naturalized flowering plant species known to occur in Trans-Pecos Texas. The Trans-Pecos is mostly a mountain and desert region west of the Pecos River, an area the size of South Carolina. The region also is part of the northern Chihuahuan Desert, said to be the most biologically diverse arid region in the Western Hemisphere. Approximately 44.5% of all the plant species in Texas are represented in the Trans-Pecos, a total of ca. 2447 vascular plant species. This book features taxonomic treatments of 2343 flowering plant species, along with 120 subspecific ta