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Author : Peter Goldblatt
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Revision of the Southern African Genus Babiana, Iridaceae: Crocoideae written by Peter Goldblatt and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Goldblatt
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 0881928976
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (819 download)
Download or read book The Iris Family written by Peter Goldblatt and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irises and their relatives are lily-like plants related to the orchid and narcissus families, with whom they share a propensity for large, brightly colored, attractive flowers. Many have longlasting flowersÑIris, Gladiolus, and Freesia are among the most important cut-flower crops in the world. The intricate flowers of the iris family are finely adapted for pollination by a variety of animals, including hummingbirds, sunbirds, beetles, butterflies, moths, wasps, and bees. This intimate connection between flower form and pollination biology reveals how the marvelous range of flower colors, shapes, and scents are vital to the lives of the species. The diversity of Iridaceae is illustrated in more than 200 superb photographs supplemented by expert line drawings. A lifetime of work by the world's expert on Iridaceae is distilled in this definitive account. Botanists, ecologists, naturalists, and gardeners will find this an essential reference.
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Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Bothalia written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Domitilla Raimondo
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Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Red List of South African Plants 2009 written by Domitilla Raimondo and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Malcolm Anderson
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Total Pages : 296 pages
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Download or read book Brief History of the Gymnosperms written by John Malcolm Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a global synthesis of gymnosperm families, fossil and extant, providing a new and distinctive perspective on the macroevolutionary biodiversity trends within this group through their 375 million-year history. The stratigraphic ranges of the 84 gymnosperm families are plotted according to their first and last appearances in the fossil record. Also included is a systematic coverage of floral kingdoms, biodiversity patterns, insect associations and other fields, traced period by period from the Devonian to Quaternary.
Author : James Cullen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521761476
Total Pages : 687 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)
Download or read book The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants written by James Cullen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Garden Flora is the definitive manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental flowering plants. Designed to meet the highest scientific standards, the vocabulary has nevertheless been kept as uncomplicated as possible so that the work is fully accessible to the informed gardener as well as to the professional botanist. This new edition has been thoroughly reorganised and revised, bringing it into line with modern taxonomic knowledge. Although European in name, the Flora covers plants cultivated in most areas of the United States and Canada as well as in non-tropical parts of Asia and Australasia. Volume 1 contains accounts of all the Monocotyledons, which includes those groups known informally as the 'petaloid monocotyledons' (the Liliaceae and Amaryllidaceae in the first edition, divided here among 17 families), the grasses and sedges (Gramineae and Cyperaceae), the aroids (Araceae) and the large and diverse Orchidaceae.
Author : James W. Byng
Publisher : Plant Gateway Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 0992999316
Total Pages : 627 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (929 download)
Download or read book The Flowering Plants Handbook written by James W. Byng and published by Plant Gateway Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This plant book aims to help identify flowering plants to genus and family level anywhere in the world. In 2014 there were very few available works which were both comprehensive and up-to-date for all the flowering plants families and genera of the world. The Flowering Plants Handbook is an easy to use identification guide to the worlds flowering plants designed for both specialists and non-specialists and from beginner to expert. The book contains descriptions of all currently recognised flowering plant families, morphological notes for 6656 genera (all current genera for 398/413 families) and over 3000 images and illustrations. Flowering plants can be identified using the book to family and much of the world's generic diversity in four 'easy' steps. Some plants will be identified correctly quickly, whilst others may require some retracing of steps and take a little more time. The advantage of this book is that it helps the user learn about the classification system and plant diversity during the identification process. This work was compiled and developed using the living, library and herbarium collections at the University of Aberdeen, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Author : Gary Brown
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400741413
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Vegetation Ecology of Socotra written by Gary Brown and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the unique flora of the Socotra Archipelago with its high degree of endemism has received much attention recently, little information is available on the vegetation and related ecological aspects. Based on their extensive field experience of the region, the authors have assimilated a vast amount of knowledge to produce this book, which gives a detailed insight into the plant ecology of Socotra, designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2008. The book is divided into seven chapters. After a brief introduction and overviews of important abiotic features, various aspects of the vascular flora are presented in Chapter 4, together with accounts of the bryophyte and lichen flora. Ecology and adaptive strategies of the plants are dealt with in Chapter 5, and Chapter 6 gives a concise description of the main vegetation units. Finally, important management issues of the vegetation are discussed, an essential topic to ensure preservation of the natural heritage of the archipelago.
Author : Cyrille Chatelain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781919976273
Total Pages : 894 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (762 download)
Download or read book Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Sub-Saharan Africa written by Cyrille Chatelain and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Estrela Figueiredo
Publisher : South African National Biodiversity Institute (Sanbi)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Plants of Angola written by Estrela Figueiredo and published by South African National Biodiversity Institute (Sanbi). This book was released on 2008 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Manning
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 9780881925470
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (254 download)
Download or read book The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs written by John Manning and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first complete account of all the bulbous plants of the Cape Floral Region is an essential aid to the identification of all species presently in cultivation.
Author : Peter Goldblatt
Publisher : Missouri Botanical Garden Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Cape Plants written by Peter Goldblatt and published by Missouri Botanical Garden Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John C. Manning
Publisher : South African National Biodiversity Institute Sanbi
ISBN 13 : 9781919976587
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (765 download)
Download or read book Botany and Horticulture of the Genus Freesia (Iridaceae) written by John C. Manning and published by South African National Biodiversity Institute Sanbi. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Goldblatt
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Woody Iridaceae written by Peter Goldblatt and published by Timber Press (OR). This book was released on 1993 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A botanical treatment---enhanced with superb watercolors---of the only three genera of the iris family that are woody shrubs rather than the familiar herbaceous plants that occur elsewhere in the family.
Author : K. Faegri
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483293033
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Principles of Pollination Ecology written by K. Faegri and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A completely revised and rewritten edition of this comprehensive survey of the botanical problems of pollination ecology approached from both a theoretical and a practical viewpoint. Examples are drawn from all geographical areas where pollination has been studied and general principles are illustrated by a number of concrete examples. Introductory chapters survey the technical problems and draw comparisons with spore dissemination in cryptogams and pollination in gymnosperms. The following chapters deal with angiosperm pollination and are divided into three parts: organs involved in pollination, flower types and pollinator activities
Author : Steven D. Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198732694
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)
Download or read book Floral Mimicry written by Steven D. Johnson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mimicry is a classic example of adaptation through natural selection. The traditional focus of mimicry research has been on defence in animals, but there is now also a highly-developed and rapidly-growing body of research on floral mimicry in plants. This has coincided with a revolution in genomic tools, making it possible to explore which genetic and developmental processes underlie the sometimes astonishing changes that give rise to floral mimicry. Being literally rooted to one spot, plants have to cajole animals into acting as couriers for their pollen. Floral mimicry encompasses a set of evolutionary strategies whereby plants imitate the food sources, oviposition sites, or mating partners of animals in order to exploit them as pollinators. This first definitive book on floral mimicry discusses the functions of visual, olfactory, and tactile signals, integrating them into a broader theory of organismal mimicry that will help guide future research in the field. It addresses the fundamental question of whether the evolutionary and ecological principles that were developed for protective mimicry in animals can also be applied to floral mimicry in plants. The book also deals with the functions of floral rewardlessness, a condition which often serves as a precursor to the evolution of mimicry in plant lineages. The authors pay particular attention to the increasing body of research on chemical cues: their molecular basis, their role in cognitive misclassification of flowers by pollinators, and their implications for plant speciation. Comprehensive in scope and conceptual in focus, Floral Mimicry is primarily aimed at senior undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in plant science and evolutionary biology.
Author : Harald W. Krenn
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030296547
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Insect Mouthparts written by Harald W. Krenn and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive book focusing on the form and function of insect mouthparts. Written by leading experts, it reviews the current knowledge on feeding types and the evolution of mouthparts and presents new research approaches. The richly illustrated articles cover topics ranging from functional morphology, biomechanics of biting and chewing, and the biophysics of fluid-feeding to the morphogenesis and genetics of mouthpart development, ecomorphology in flower-visiting insects as well as the evolution of mouthparts, including fossil records. Intended for entomologists and scientists interested in interdisciplinary approaches, the book provides a solid basis for future scientific work. Chapter 6 of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.
