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Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family by Bown, Deni
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “Ex-Library”
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780881924855
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Timber Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0881924857
ISBN-13
9780881924855
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1684431
Product Key Features
Edition
2
Book Title
Aroids : Plants of the Arum Family
Number of Pages
468 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Plants / General, Flowers / Perennials
Publication Year
2000
Features
Revised
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Gardening
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
36.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-025541
Reviews
This second edition of Aroids offers the same high quality of information, photos and writing that made the prior edition a classic., Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family, published in 1988 by Timber Press, became a bible to lovers of philodendrons, elephant ears, anthuriums and related plants. It was the first time someone had compiled that plant family into an understandable, comprehensive and entertaining reference. This year the book has been revised, enlarged and enhanced with Bown's exquisite photographs., Revisions cannot get much better than this one. How does Timber Press of Portland, Oregon, which consistently releases botanical and horticultural masterworks, continually defy the laws of economics to produce excellent works that are so inexpensively priced?, Aroids flies far above many academically oriented books. Written with an easy flow and packed with fascinating and useful facts., A well produced high quality book with masses of useful information . . . worth buying (or persuading someone to give you it as a present) for the hardy species alone., If you have any interest in this large plant family at all, Deni Bown's book is a must-have for your library., The new edition Bown's "Aroids" conveys so much interesting information with as much clarity and wit as anything botanical I've ever read., In 1988, Deni Bown published the first edition of this book, to universal acclaim. Now Ms. Bown has come forward with a second edition that is far richer than her first., A scholarly review of this amazing family... Puts into context the origins and habits of aroids and their cultivation., This book is extremely well written. . . . It's a fascinating book, and you'll be a better gardener for having read it., "A scholarly review of this amazing family ... Puts into context the origins and habits of aroids and their cultivation."--Stephen Pategas, Ornamental Outlook, April 2005, Once you read this book you'll start noticing aroids all over the place. And the stories told by Deni Brown will bring either a knowing smile to your face or a smirk of amusement., It belongs in any college or university library. Any amateur interested in plants, not just those who are amateur botanists, will find this book hard to close., A tantalizing and wide ranging read on the natural history of aroids...Evocative, stimulating and accessible even on the most scientific aspects of her work. Captures the essence of this extraordinarily weird and wonderful family in a mouth-watering way., The first [edition], published in 1988, was greeting as 'ground-breaking' and this is equally compelling., I started out reading this book with an interest in aroids. I finished so excited about them I started looking in the phone book and on the Web for an aroid society to join here in Hawaii., While she certainly doesn't stint on scientific information, Bown has given us an eminently readable book.
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
584/.64
Table Of Content
Foreword to the Second Edition, Peter C. Boyce 9 Foreword to the First Edition, Simon Mayo 11 Preface 15 Acknowledgements 17 Introduction 23 Variations on a Theme 29 What are aroids and where do they grow? Of Tails and Traps and the Underworld 53 Mechanisms of reproduction Woodlanders 75 Species of temperate woodland and higher altitudes of thetropics and subtropics Aquatics and Amphibians 97 Species of wetlands and water A Place in the Sun 129 Species of arid and seasonally dry regions In the Shadows 155 Species of the tropical rainforest floor Towards the Light 187 Tropical climbers and epiphytes The Titans 223 Giant tuberous species of the tropics An Acquired Taste 247 Aroids as food plants Acids and Crystals 275 The chemistry and toxicity of aroids Aroids in Cultivation 301 Checklist of Aroid Genera 339 Glossary 345 References 353 Index 373Colour plates follow page 128
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
Originally published in 1988 as the first truly comprehensive review of one of the largest and most popular plant families, Aroids was enthusiastically welcomed by botanists and horticulturists alike for its attention to scientific detail and delightful writing style. Now in this completely updated second edition, we learn of discoveries made in the last decade as the family has grown from about 2500 species to nearer 3200. The latest taxonomic and nomenclatural revisions are noted in the checklist of genera, and all the original drawings are included plus twice as many color photos. A new guide to the cultivation of ornamental aroids completes this well-rounded introduction to a remarkable family., Originally published in 1988 as the first truly comprehensive review of one of the largest and most popular plant families, "Aroids" was enthusiastically welcomed by botanists and horticulturists alike for its attention to scientific detail and delightful writing style. Now in this completely updated second edition, we learn of discoveries made in the last decade as the family has grown from about 2500 species to nearer 3200. The latest taxonomic and nomenclatural revisions are noted in the checklist of genera, and all the original drawings are included plus twice as many color photos. A new guide to the cultivation of ornamental aroids completes this well-rounded introduction to a remarkable family.
LC Classification Number
QK495.A685B68 2000
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