Plants of Central Asia
Plant Collections from China and Mongolia
Volume 8a: Leguminosae
V.I. Grubov (Editor-in-Chief)
ISBN 978-1-57808-119-6; 2003; 282 pages/ US $ 94.10      Buy Now


Covers the treatment of all genera of family Leguminosae except Astragalus and Oxytropis, these being the subject matter of next volume, 8b. Genus Caragana, represents the largest and most important group in this volume; Several species of this genus are characteristic of so-called pea shrub steppes. Several other species are valuable fodder crops.