1. THE VEGETATION OF TRISTAN DA CUNHA.
- Author
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WACE, N. M. and HOLDGATE, M. W.
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VEGETATION surveys ,PLANT communities ,PHYTOGEOGRAPHY ,VEGETATION classification ,PLANT variation ,ISLANDS ,GEOGRAPHY - Abstract
The article presents a study about the vegetation of Tristan Da Cunha located on the Central Atlantic Ridge. This paper focuses on the collections of plants from the islands studied by botanists with interest in phytogeographical problems. Topographical description of the area makes a suitable location for the study of present vegetation where past investigations tended to omit significant parts and areas because of difficulty to reach the nearly perfect volcanic cone of the region. Vegetation types were recognized in the four main topographical units.
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- 1958
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