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This flora treatment covers the Strasburgeriaceae family native to New Caledonia and New Zealand. An overview of the family is provided with notes on distribution, classification, wood anatomy and pollen morphology. The two species in the family are illustrated and come with descriptions, data on their habitats, distribution maps and additional observations.
This volume includes an introduction to The Global Flora series and an overview of an angiosperm poster. The poster visually illustrates relationships of all angiosperm families (following APG IV) and flower images representing 269 plant families. The poster also lists important characters for major grades and clades.
This flora treatment is the most comprehensive account ever produced for the Barbeuiaceae family. The family is endemic to Madagascar and contains one species in one genus. An overview of the family is provided with notes on distribution, classification, wood anatomy and pollen morphology. The sole species in the family is typified, illustrated and comes with a description including data on its habitat, known herbarium specimens at major herbaria, distribution map and additional observations.
Let the experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens guide you around the beautiful and mysterious world that is the plant kingdom. From regulating the air we breathe to providing food, clothes, fuels, and medicines - plants are fundamental to our lives. Discover an extraordinary diversity of species, which includes a grass that grows a meter a day, roots that breathe air, and "queen of the night" cactuses whose rare blooms vanish before dawn. In a combination of art and science, Flora celebrates plants from majestic trees to microscopic algae, explaining how they germinate, grow, and reproduce. It presents species that have evolved to accommodate pollinating insects such as the foxglove, and plants that have adapted to flourish in even the most hostile of habitats. Pierre-Joseph Redoute in the 18th-century was described as the "Raphael of flowers". Flora showcases his botanical paintings as well as those of Georg Ehret and others in this gorgeous visual celebration of plants through the ages. Whether you are a keen gardener, naturalist, or botany student, this beautiful book is a treat that will entice, inform, and amaze.
Encompassing 20,000 entries in an A-Z format, "Flora's Plant Names" is the perfect addition to the library of amateur gardeners and horticulturists alike. It features a comprehensive double-referencing system, whereby plants with common names of more than one word are included under both the standard and inverted forms of their name (e.g. "Pinus engelmannii "would be included under Apache pine and Pine, Apache). Gardeners will find this book especially useful when looking for particular plants at nurseries and in seed catalogs, as they will be able to search by both common and botanical name.
This flora treatment covers the Petenaeaceae family which is endemic to Central America and contains one species in one genus. An overview of the family is provided with notes on distribution, classification, wood anatomy and pollen morphology. Pollen morphology is described here for the first time. The sole species in the family is illustrated and comes with a description including data on its habitat, known herbarium specimens at major herbaria, distribution map and additional observations.
This volume represents a contemporary artist's tribute to the endangered plants and flowers of the world. It is both an ecological statement, and a call to arms. It focuses on plant life, of which an estimated 30-60,000 varieties are in imminent danger of extinction. The book's format - each illustration is given its own page - permits the reader to see the detail of each plant's structure. Captions describe the plants' history, uses, and status. Research and information about the threats to each plant's survival amplify the strong conservation message. The book provides both an appreciation of our remaining plant life, as well as an explanation of the facts of a relatively unreported global situation. An appendix provides more than 100 organizations to contact in the US and around the world.