Monocotyledons
Springer Berlin
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This second edition provides a comprehensive list of the latest taxonomy including the updated relevant plant data. All succulent species of the monocotyledonous plant families and genera are described in detail.
This work will be particularly useful to botanists, plant taxonomists and scholars as well as to herbaria and botanic gardens. It will also appeal to the committed collector of succulent plants, horticultural cognoscenti and succulent plant lovers.
Dr. Urs Eggli studied botany at the University of Zürich, and produced a monographic study of the genus Rosularia for his Ph.D. Subsequently he became scientific assistant at the Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich, Switzerland, where he continues to curate the herbarium, and where he is responsible for public education, special exhibits and all aspects of information dissemination. His main focus of interest are the diverse biological aspects of succulent plants. He is an expert in the classification of succulents, esp. of the families Crassulaceae and Cactaceae, and a specialist of nomenclature. He travelled widely to study succulent plants in habitat, esp. in Latin America. His numerous publications cover a diversity aspects of the biology of succulent plants. Since 1995 he is editor of the annual Repertorium Plantarum Succulentarum. During 2001-2003 he edited 4 volumes of the first edition of the present series, and 2005 he translated and revised a monograph of the Cactaceae. He was awarded the Cactus d'Or by the International Organisation for Succulent Plant Study in 2015.
Agavaceae.- Amaryllidaceae.- Anthericaceae.- Araceae.- Asparagaceae.- Asphodelaceae.- Bromeliaceae.- Commelinaceae.- Cyperaceeae.- Dioscoreaceae.- Doryanthaceae.- Eriospermaceae.- Hyacinthaceae.- Laxmanniaceae.- Orchidaceae.- Poaceae.- Ruscaceae.- Xanthorrhoeaceae.
"This second edition provides a comprehensive list of the latest taxonomy including the updated relevant plant data. All succulent species of the monocotyledonous plant families and genera are described in detail." (David Quail, CactusWorld, bcss.org.uk, Vol. 38 (3), September, 2020)
"... hier handelt es sich um ein eigentlich unentbehrliches Standardwerk für Botaniker, fortgeschrittene Sukkulentenfreunde und Fachbibliotheken ..." (Detlev Metzing, in: Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten, Jg. 71, Heft 5, Mai. 2020)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.3.2020 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants |
| Zusatzinfo | XXXVIII, 1462 p. 339 illus., 325 illus. in color. In 2 volumes, not available separately. |
| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 3246 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution | |
| Schlagworte | Agave • Aloe • Amaryllidaceae • Bromeliceae • Bulbine • Desert plants • Ericaceae • Haworthia • Hyacinthaceae • Orchidaceae • plant systematics • Sansevieria • systematic botany • Yucca |
| ISBN-10 | 3-662-56484-X / 366256484X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-662-56484-4 / 9783662564844 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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