Author: Gordon D. RowleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adenium
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Pachypodium and Adenium
Author: Gordon D. RowleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adenium
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Pachypodium (Apocynaceae)
Author: S. H. J. V. RapanarivoPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789054104858
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
A taxonomic monograph of the genus Pachypodium based on herbarium material and living plants of all species. It is a detailed study of the habitats and ecological preferences of most species including a chapter on cultivation, which describes the successes of artificial propagation.
Structure-Function Relations of Warm Desert Plants
Author: Arthur C. GibsonPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642609791
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
For centuries biologists have been extremely interested in the structure of desert plants as examples of natural selection to harsh environmental conditions. Indeed, desert plants are frequently used as examples in many biology classes and textbooks to illustrate natural selection, but this has led to an unfortunate litany of errors and misconceptions about desert plant adaptations. This new synthesis focuses on plants of lowland tropical and subtropical arid deserts. Readers will be surprised to discover that many features commonly ascribed to desert plants are rareley observed in the most common species. Instead, the typical structural adaptations of nonsucculent warm desert plants are now viewed as ways to maximize photosynthetic rate.
Pachypodiums in Madagascar
Author: Walter RöösliPublisher:
ISBN: 9783744829625
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Much has been written in recent years about the wealth of flora on the large island of Madagascar, the future decline of which seems ordained by overpopulation and the poverty connected with this. Particularly alarming are the deep-rooted traditions, such as slash and burn farming, uneconomic cultivation, and even the all-destroying excessive livestock breeding. These factors contribute to irrevocable and permanent soil erosion and the loss of a wealth of irreplaceable flora. For all these reasons it is highly gratifying that many years of effort on the part of Walter Roosli, with the support of a handful of Malagasy and Swiss enthusiasts, has now paid off with the publication of this strikingly beautiful book about the endemic members of the genus Pachypodium on the Big Red Island. (John Lavranos)
Succulent Flora of Southern Africa
Author: Doreen CourtPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789058093233
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This practical guide describes the stage by stage development of a new method for predicting the penetration rate (PR) and the advance rate (AR) for tunnel boring machines based on an expanded version of the Q-value, Qtbm.The book also looks at logging methods and tunnel support design.
Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants
Author: Urs EggliPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540419662
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants
Author: James CullenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521761603
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
The definitive manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental flowering plants, thoroughly updated to include the latest taxonomic knowledge.
African Ethnobotany
Author: Hans Dieter NeuwingerPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9783826100772
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
The Adenium and Pachypodium Handbook
Author: Gordon D. RowleyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780902099074
Category : Apocynaceae
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Desert Biomes
Author: Joyce A. QuinnPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313087733
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World focuses on deserts, the seemingly desolate—but actually quite lively—regions that are home to some of the most interesting and beautiful flora and fauna in the world. Desert Biomes examines three different types of biomes: warm/hot deserts (such as the Mojave and Sahara deserts), cold deserts (such as Patagonia in South America), and the West Coast Fog Desert biomes, which occur on certain regions of the western edge of major continents. The volumes examines how these biomes are unique in terms of their vegetation, geographical distribution, soil, challenges posed by the environment, adaptation of the plants and animals to the environment, and conservation efforts. Maps, photos, diagrams, drawings, and tables accompany the text, as do sidebars that highlight habitats, species, and ecological relationships. The volume includes a bibliography of accessible resources for further research.