British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Published eight times a year, British Wildlife bridges the gap between popular writing and scientific literature through a combination of long-form articles, regular columns and reports, book reviews and letters.
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This volume deals with the family Melastomataceae, a family of trees, shrubs or herbs. This family contains the subfamily Melastomatoideae (about 300 species and 41 genera in the Guianas) and Memecyloideae (19 species occur in the Guianas). Also included here is a section with wood anatomical characteristics for both subfamilies.