Gideon F. Smith

"Explains how to grow and care for cactus and succulent plants in the home. A gallery shows how cacti and succulents can be arranged and a directory of plants provides information on dozens of species"--Provided by publisher.

Basic Growing Techniques and a Directory of More Than 140 Common Species and Varieties

Cacti and Succulents Handbook

Offers detailed profiles of more than fifty species of cacti and more than ten families of succulents, including their ideal locations, natural habitats, and care and feeding needs, in a comprehensive guide to these captivating and popular plants, with plant descriptions, color photographs, and detailed care instructions for growing succulents both indoors and outside, in the city or in the country.

Cacti and Succulents

Ben-Erik Van Wyk

3rd Edition

Guide to the Aloes of South Africa

Estrela Figueiredo

Abraham E. van Wyk

Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae) in Southern Africa: Classification, Biology, and Cultivation provides a highly readable, illustrated account of the Kalanchoe species. The book includes an overview of the family Crassulaceae and genus Kalanchoe in global and subcontinental contexts that is followed by information on the taxonomic history of the genus. The characters and ecology of the species are also discussed, including their distribution ranges, where they occur, their habitat preferences, and where the species were formally recorded for the first time. For each indigenous and naturalized species, comprehensive taxonomic, descriptive and other information of interest is provided. This is the must-have resource for plant scientists, plant taxonomists, ethnobotanists, herbarium curators, ecologists, pharmacologists, invasions scientists, horticulturalists and landscape designers. Includes currently accepted scientific names and synonyms, common names in English, morphology, cytology, chemistry, toxicology, biogeography, pollination biology, dispersal, cultivation, biocultural applications, and more Contains a dichotomous identification key and descriptions, providing much needed tools for accurate species identification Provides an extensive sets of illustrations for all species

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