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The Timber Press guide to succulent plants of the world, a comprehensive reference to more than 2000 species, Fred Dortort

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The Timber Press guide to succulent plants of the world, a comprehensive reference to more than 2000 species, Fred Dortort

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Timber Press guide to succulent plants of the world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

666223938

Responsibility statement

Fred Dortort

Sub title

a comprehensive reference to more than 2000 species

Summary

This encyclopedic yet accessible volume features comprehensive, richly illustrated descriptions of more than 2000 succulents, including both familiar species as well as less common, more exotic plants

Table Of Contents

Succulents in nature -- Succulents in cultivation -- Crassula -- Andromischus -- Cotyledon and Tylecodon -- Kalanchoe -- Sedum, Sempervivum, and other old world Crassulaceae -- Echeveria -- Sedum and other new world Crassulaceae -- Euphorbia -- Euphorbia relatives -- Lithops and other living stones -- Dwarf Mesembryanthemums -- Small, medium, and large Mesembryanthemums -- Anacampseros and its relatives -- Pelargonium and Monsonia : Succulent geraniums -- Stapelia and other thick-stemmed succulent millkweeds : Stapeliads -- Succulent milkweeds with vining and caudiciform habits -- Adenium and Pachypodium -- Senecio and Othonna : Succulent asters -- Dioscorea, Cucurbits, and other caudiciforms -- Adenia, Cissus, Ficus, and Pterodiscus : Succulent passion vines, grapes, figs, and sesames -- Succulent trees and Pachycauls -- Aloe -- Haworthia -- Gasteria, Astroloba, and Poellnitzia -- Succulent bulbs -- Agave -- Agave relatives and terrestrial Bromeliads -- Succulent odds and ends -- Further reading -- Index of plant names

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Guide to succulent plants of the world

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