This second part of Volume 48 of the Flora of Pan-Himalaya is devoted to the single genus, Saussurea of the Asteraceae family, which has wide medicinal applications. This is the largest family in the Pan-Himalaya, with 235 species, 149 of which are endemic to the Pan-Himalaya. Saussurea is a notoriously difficult, largely Asiatic, genus with often indistinct species boundaries. Many new species of Saussurea were described in the course of preparing this account. The nomenclatural novelties in this volume include five changes in status, and 17 new synonyms. 27 lectotypes are newly designated. During the research for this volume, the author and his team described 40 new species of Saussurea, and these, along with numerous new designations and classifications, are recorded here for the first time.
They’re strong. They’re powerful. They’re mysterious.Get ready to sink your teeth into the hidden worlds of the seven spectacular big cats―and meet some of their smaller cousins―with National Geographic Explorers Steve Winter and Sharon Guynup as your guides.From rarely seen snow leopards high up in the Himalaya to tigers silently stalking prey through thick jungle to lions going in for the kill, you’ll get the inside scoop on the fascinating worlds of wild felines and what it’s like to live alongside them.Find out how these powerful predators live, hunt, raise their cubs, and how they have adapted to their unique environments. Which cat has the strongest bite? What’s the difference between a cougar and a mountain lion? Why does a tiger have stripes? How do big cats’ hunting skills stack up against other top predators? The answers to all these questions and more await in this complete compendium. With exclusive National Geographic photographs and hair-raising behind-the-lens stories fr
This is the first book dedicated exclusively to the subject of the Himalayan mask.?Mysterious, sacred, and unusual, the masks of the Himalayas only recently arrived in the West. Unlike African or Ocea
The reports keep coming in. Giant footprints are found in Washington state. A hairy, smelly creature is spotted in Florida. A huge apelike beast is seen in the Himalaya Mountains. Is this evidence of
英國偉大的鳥類學家、插圖藝術家約翰·古爾德（John Gould，1804—1881）的第一本書《喜馬拉雅山珍稀鳥類圖鑒》（A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains），自行印刷於1831年。古爾德首先手繪了80幅草圖，這些草圖由一位很有天賦的藝術家、他的妻子伊莉莎白轉刻到平版石上成為石版畫；同時配有威格斯撰寫的文字。該圖冊對物件描繪的周詳和準確性
The Himalaya and surrounding regions are amongst the world's most linguistically diverse places. Of an estimated 600 languages, few are researched in depth and many virtually undocumented. This volume
A powerful story of loss and identity, home and family, Tamarind and the Star of Ishta weaves a family mystery together with adventure and wonder from Costa Award-winning author, Jasbinder Bilan.Tamarind has never met her Indian mother, Chinty, who died shortly after she was born. But when her father remarries, Tamarind is sent to India to stay with the family she has never met, in their atmospheric ancestral home―a huge mansion high in the Himalaya mountains.Her arrival in India brings culture shock, secrets, and unanswered questions: What is the tension between her father and the family, and why will no one talk about her mother? Instead of answers, she is greeted with ominous silence.Taking refuge in the lush gardens one moon-lit night, she follows a friendly monkey to find an abandoned hut and a glowing star ring, and meets Ishta, a mysterious mountain girl. Tamarind unravels the mysteries of the house alongside the search for her own identity.
Himalaya, the world's most prominent mountain system of the world is a source of sustainence for the social, cultural and economic development of population across different countries. Unscientific, s
The Himalaya, which is a great natural frontier for India, symbolises India 's spiritual and national consciousness. The Himalayan region displays wide diversity of cultural patterns, languages, ethni
