A serious interest in botany is a prerequisite for readers of Flora
of Madeira (HMSO, pp 574, £35 pbk) and Flora of Glamorgan (HMSO,
pp 383, £29.95 pbk). Both are part of a series produced by London’s
Natural History Museum and offer detailed descriptions of all the wild plants
known to occur in the regions they cover. The Welsh volume has a brief history
of botanists in the region, many distribution maps but no illustrations
of modern plants, while the Madeira volume has some fine line drawings and
covers more than 1360 species from this botanically rich island.
More from New Scientist
Explore the latest news, articles and features
Popular articles
Trending New Scientist articles
1
The race to understand how and when Thwaites glacier will collapse
2
Where, when and how to watch the 2026 solar eclipse
3
Babies are born with the neural foundations for maths
4
I’m the first person whose life was saved by CRISPR base editing
5
Humans sleep the least of all apes – is it the secret to our success?
6
Our verdict on The Selfish Gene: An unpopular piece of popular science
7
We’ve uncovered a master gene that switches on human development
8
Remote-controlled cockroach swarm can now breathe underwater
9
US government wants to have a useful quantum computer by 2028
10
The world's fastest spider tops 3.5 metres per second
