| Guide to Succulents of Southern Africa Contributor(s): Crouch, Neil (Author), Smith, Gideon (Author) |
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ISBN: 177007662X ISBN-13: 9781770076624 Publisher: Struik Publishers OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2009 Annotation: Twenty-five per cent of southern African flora is succulent in nature, and a remarkable forty per cent of the world's succulent plants occur in South Africa. The book will highlight the diversity of succulents that occur in the region with special emphasis on the larger groups mesems (vygies) and aloes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Plants - Cacti & Succulents - Nature | Reference |
| Dewey: 581.754 |
| LCCN: 2009503124 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.8" W x 8.2" (0.65 lbs) 136 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Twenty-five per cent of southern African flora is succulent in nature, and a remarkable forty per cent of the world's succulent plants occur in South Africa. The book will highlight the diversity of succulents that occur in the region with special emphasis on the larger groups -mesems (vygies) and aloes. The book covers approximately 250 individual species, focusing on the most common and most interesting, and each entry features a photograph and distribution map. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Gideon: - GIDEON SMITH is Chief Director: Biosystematics Research and Biodiversity Collections at the SA National Biodiversity Institute. He is involved in various national and international environmental associations and advisory committees. His interests are in the biology and classification of succulent plants, as well as landscaping and horticulture. South Africa's most prolific author on succulent plants, he has authored or co-authored ±40 books, and more than 500 research and popular papers, mostly on succulents. |
