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Book Synopsis South Africa's Proteaceae by : Marie Vogts
Download or read book South Africa's Proteaceae written by Marie Vogts and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Proteaceae of South Africa by : Frank Rousseau
Download or read book The Proteaceae of South Africa written by Frank Rousseau and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vast majority of the species shown in this book can only be seen growing wild in their natural habitats, which may be any where in the rugged mountains from Grahamstown across the width of the Republic to Cape Town and, from there northwards as far as Clanwilliam.
Book Synopsis The Protea Family in Southern Africa by : Colin Paterson-Jones
Download or read book The Protea Family in Southern Africa written by Colin Paterson-Jones and published by New Holland Australia(AU). This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of full-colour photographs celebrating one of Southern Africa's most distinctive and interesting flower families, the Proteaceae. The text concisely touches on the ancient origins of these plants, and their distribution throughout the world and within the subcontinent, explaining the fascinating reasons for their prominence in the South-western Cape region. Most of the rest of the guide is taken up by informative and colourful examination of the different Protea groups together with the habitats in which they thrive. Other topics covered include: growth forms, pollination and seed dispersal, the role of fire in unlocking dormant species, ancient plants, new discoveries, recent extinctions, rare species, environmental threats and conservation.
Book Synopsis The Proteas of Southern Africa by : John P. Rourke
Download or read book The Proteas of Southern Africa written by John P. Rourke and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sasol Proteas written by Tony Rebelo and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synonymous with South Africa, proteas form part of a family that includes some 370 species of leucospernums, leucadendrons, serrurias and others. This book describes all known species of Proteaceae in the Cape Floral Kingdom and further afield, and includes diagrammatic quick keys and clear, concise text. Diagnostic features are highlighted, and a distribution map accompanies each species description. For amateur botanists and those who like to ramble in the fynbos.
Book Synopsis South Africa's Proteaceae by : Marie Vogts
Download or read book South Africa's Proteaceae written by Marie Vogts and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Protea written by Colin Paterson-Jones and published by Struik Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Protea' is a spectacular introduction to the fascinating protea family in southern Africa. The book covers all of the protea groups, their origins, distribution, and the habitats and regions in which they occur.
Download or read book Proteas written by Maryke Middelmann and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Africa is situated at the Southern-most tip of Africa and boasts over 21,000 species of plants, all crammed into one country! The Cape Floral Kingdom, the smallest of the six floral kingdoms of the world, occupies a mere 90,000 square kilometers in the south western corner of South Africa, yet it is home to over 8,500 species of plants. By comparison the British Isles, which is three and a half times larger than this, support only 1,400 species. Only the Panama rain forest has a comparable species density to the Cape Floral Kingdom! The earliest record is that of a Dutch missionary who gathered plants in 1624 when his ship replenished its water supply on the return voyage from Batavia to Holland. His descriptions and drawings gave the world its first clues to a treasure house of new and exciting plants along its shores. Various botanists visited the Cape in the years that followed and by the year 1700 nearly 1,000 Cape plants were known. The flowers most commonly associated with South Africa are, of course, the proteas, named by Linnaeus after the Greek god Proteus who was able to assume many different forms. The name is apt, as proteas are found in all shapes. They may, like Protea cynaroides, the South African floral emblem, have enormous flower heads, but there are species that have flowers heads of only 30 mm diameter. They even come as trees, like the world-famous silver tree, Leucadendron argenteum. This tree was reported to be cultivated in Kew Gardens, England, as early as 1789. The Scottish botanist Francis Masson, on a great voyage around the world with Captain Cook, collected no less than 400 species of plants new to scientists of Europe, including 79 specimens of protea and 50 species of Cape pelargonium, commonly but incorrectly known as geraniums. It is difficult to compare the small, sweet-smelling Freesia found in the flora of the Western Cape with the impressive long-stemmed Freesias which are now sold worldwide as cut flowers. At the auctions in Holland, Freesias worth more than 100 million US$ are sold annually. The so-called Guernsey lily is actually just another bulb from the Cape, the Nerine sarniensis. One explanation of how Nerine reached Guernsey is that a Dutch ship, homeward bound from the Far East, was wrecked on the Channel Islands. On board were boxes of Cape bulbs consigned to Holland. Washed ashore on Guernsey, the bulbs took root and in due course, to the astonishment and delight of the inhabitants, flowered. One of the first flowers to be shipped commercially to Europe was the Ornithogalum (or Chincherinchee), which because of its extremely long shelf-life could be sent by sea. They were in high demand in the early 1950s and seem to have made a come-back with new varieties. Countries such as the Netherlands, Japan, and Germany have developed enormous horticultural industries over the years by focusing their efforts on breeding and selection of plants, many of which are native to South Africa, including gladioli, freesias, lobelia to name but a few. Proteas were not commercialised until much later, because they were difficult to propagate. The author had access to numerous magazine and newspaper clippings from around the world, which came into her possession after the death of Walter Middelmann who was known by the family to be a great collector of books and cuttings on the many subjects that interested him. This together with documents of the South African Protea Producers and Exporters Association (SAPPEX) and the International Protea Association, (IPA) as well as other associations world-wide, makes for an interesting history. It all started with wild harvesting in the early 1960s to cultivar development up to 2010. The author was the chairman of both SAPPEX and IPA for many years. She was also editor of both SAPPEX News (quarterly) and the IPA Journal (bi-annually) from which a wealth of information was available. Apart from these documents, she also relied on
Book Synopsis Proteaceae of South Africa by : J. Rourke
Download or read book Proteaceae of South Africa written by J. Rourke and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis South African Proteaceae in New Zealand by : Lewis J. Matthews
Download or read book South African Proteaceae in New Zealand written by Lewis J. Matthews and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis South Africa's Proteaceae by : Marie Murray Vogts
Download or read book South Africa's Proteaceae written by Marie Murray Vogts and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Protea Book by : Lewis J. Matthews
Download or read book The Protea Book written by Lewis J. Matthews and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Plant Forms and Their Evolution in South Africa by : John William Bews
Download or read book Plant Forms and Their Evolution in South Africa written by John William Bews and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Proteas, Know Them and Grow Them by : Marie Vogts
Download or read book Proteas, Know Them and Grow Them written by Marie Vogts and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Seven years among the giants : a tale of South Africa's proteas and their mountain homelands by : Gerald MacCann
Download or read book Seven years among the giants : a tale of South Africa's proteas and their mountain homelands written by Gerald MacCann and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The South African Proteaceae by : Edwin Percy Phillips
Download or read book The South African Proteaceae written by Edwin Percy Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis South-African Proteaceae and Their Cultivation by : H. F. Werner
Download or read book South-African Proteaceae and Their Cultivation written by H. F. Werner and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: