A Guide to the Flora of the Sierra De San Pedro Mártir (Una Guía a la Flora de la Sierra De San Pedro Mártir)

English:A guide to the flora of the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir | Una guía a la flora de la Sierra de San Pedro Mártir is a bilingual book that represents a major botanical contribution to Baja California, Mexico. The book illustrates 235 of the approximately 500 taxa known from the flora of the high Sierra San Pedro Mártir (above 1,800 m elevation) and includes 25 of the 27 taxa endemic to this mountain range. The book includes 6 introductory chapters, three written by additional co-authors, on the history, flora, vegetation and fire ecology of the Sierra with an extensive bibliography and maps of the region and the park. With a flora of at least 500 species of plants, the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir is a center of biodiversity in Baja California. This field guide illustrates 236 of these plants, including nearly every endemic of the Sierra, and 9 taxa not previously reported. Detailed photos taken in a field studio allow the user to study the plants and make detailed comparisons in th