It is the first flora guide on these areas in the south of Portugal, in a bilingual edition, Portuguese and English, by Ana Luisa Simoes and Ana Carla Cabrita.
It is a work that aims to introduce the Portuguese Southwest flora, addressed to the general public, and featuring 200 of about 1000 existing plants on the southwest coast. A natural choice because it is one of the last and most important stretches of unspoilt coastline of southern Europe, with an immense wealth, flora and fauna recognized thanks to the Natural Park status, national and European level, with the inclusion in the List of Sites of Community Importance as Special Area of Conservation.
The guide has scheets with the photograph of each plant, the scientific name of the species, the botanical family, common names in Portuguese and English and a brief description. It also includes all the information about the plant height, flowering time, the growing cycle, habitat and protection status. The records are organized by flower color, facilitating the identification in the field.
This book by Ana Luisa Simoes and Ana Carla Cabrita results of research and compile all the information abouts these plants over two years. To add, that the housing project's Guide to the "200 Plants SW Alentejo and Costa Vicentina" arose from a gap as to the supply of representative popularization publications flora of this territory, it will able to assist the tourism industry, animation and environmental education, and promoting convergence between the inhabitants to natural areas.
