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Category : Cactus
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain
Author: The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain
Author: British Cactus & Succulent Journal
Author: The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain
Author: Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain
Author: Cacti and Succulents
Author: Graham CharlesPublisher: Crowood
ISBN: 1847977863
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Beautifully illustrated and highly accessible, this essential guide to cacti and other succulents is both a practical manual and a source of reference and inspiration for all enthusiasts. More than 250 different species or genera, and their natural habitats are described.Topics covered include the unique nature of succulents; the natural environment; history, classification and nomenclature; watering, feeding, general care and propagation; pests and diseases; profiles of cacti and other succulents. Beautifully illustrated with 420 colour transparencies.
Bibliography on Seed Morphology
Author: Hans Arne JensenPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789054104506
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Seeds are a vital part of life on earth. They are fundamental for plant reproduction, and many seeds play an important role in the diet of man and domestic and wild animals. Knowledge of the appearance of seeds - seed morphology - is of great importance to botany and seed identification in relation to: seed setting, quarantine work, forensic work, seed poisening, studies of seed dispersal, seed banks and archaeological studies.;This bibliography contains 3775 references and is divided in two parts: handbooks, and articles and monographs. In the latter the bibliographical reference is supplemented by information of importance to seed identificaiton: genera mentioned in articles, keys, descriptions, drawings, photograph, scanning electron micrographs, anatomy and chemical methods. The index of authors contains the names of an extensive number of authors, cited in the bibliography, and in the index of genera more than 3900 genera, described in one or more of the publications are cited.
Cactus World
Author: The European Garden Flora
Author: Stuart Max WaltersPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521361712
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
This is the third volume in a series of six and contains accounts of the first 48 families of dicotyledons, including many well known trees. The series is a manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental plants throughout the world, concentrating specifically on Europe.
Aloes
Author: Tom ReynoldsPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203476344
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Aloes are a large genus of plants, about 450 species, from sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and parts of Arabia. Many species are widespread in warm or tropical semi-arid regions, yet the distribution of others is limited to a few living in desert or wet mountainous regions. While some species have been adopted as medicinal plants since ancient time
