World Checklist And Bibliography Of Araceae And Acoraceae

Author : Rafaël Govaerts
Publisher : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae) written by Rafaël Govaerts and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2002 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In all, Araceae contains 106 genera and 2,823 species, with a range that extends through the wet and dry tropics and north and south into temperate lands. While many genera - Anthurium, Caladium, Dieffenbachia, Monstera and Philodendron - are well documented, this extensively illustrated book represents the first full account of the entire family to appear for nearly 100 years.

Author : Armen Takhtajan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402096097
Total Pages : 906 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Flowering Plants written by Armen Takhtajan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armen Takhtajan is among the greatest authorities in the world on the evolution of plants. This book culminates almost sixty years of the scientist's research of the origin and classification of the flowering plants. It presents a continuation of Dr. Takhtajan’s earlier publications including “Systema Magnoliophytorum” (1987), (in Russian), and “Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants” (1997), (in English). In his latest book, the author presents a concise and significantly revised system of plant classification (‘Takhtajan system’) based on the most recent studies in plant morphology, embryology, phytochemistry, cytology, molecular biology and palynology. Flowering plants are divided into two classes: class Magnoliopsida (or Dicotyledons) includes 8 subclasses, 126 orders, c. 440 families, almost 10,500 genera, and no less than 195,000 species; and class Liliopsida (or Monocotyledons) includes 4 subclasses, 31 orders, 120 families, more than 3,000 genera, and about 65,000 species.This book contains a detailed description of plant orders, and descriptive keys to plant families providing characteristic features of the families and their differences.

Author : Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482250640
Total Pages : 4038 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants written by Umberto Quattrocchi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 4038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Following on the successes of two previous dictionary projects, the CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names and the CRC World Dictionary of the Grasses, Umberto Quattrocchi has undertaken this dictionary of economically important plants.... He has done for these plants what was so admirably done in his other works—brought the vast and scattered literature on plant names, and in this case, too, their uses, into coherent order so that the inquisitive scholar can get a foothold." —From the Foreword, Donald H. Pfister, Harvard University and Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, Massachusetts The CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology provides the starting point for better access to data on plants used around the world in medicine, food, and cultural practices. The material found in the five volumes has been painstakingly gathered from papers of general interest, reports and records, taxonomic revisions, field studies, herbaria and herbarium collections, notes, monographs, pamphlets, botanical literature, and literature tout court. It includes sources available at various natural history libraries, floras and standard flora works, local floras and local histories, nomenclatural histories, and the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Much more than a dictionary, the book provides the names of thousands of genera and species of economically important plants, concise summaries of plant properties, and appropriate observations about medicinal uses. Drawing from a tremendous range of primary and secondary sources, it is an indispensable time-saving guide for all those involved with botany, herbal medicine, pharmacognosy, toxicology, medicinal and natural product chemistry, and agriculture.

Author : David G. Frodin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139428651
Total Pages : 1136 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Guide to Standard Floras of the World written by David G. Frodin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-06-14 with total page 1136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2001 book provides a selective annotated bibliography of the principal floras and related works of inventory for vascular plants. The second edition was completely updated and expanded to take into account the substantial literature of the late twentieth century, and features a more fully developed review of the history of floristic documentation. The works covered are principally specialist publications such as floras, checklists, distribution atlases, systematic iconographies and enumerations or catalogues, although a relatively few more popularly oriented books are also included. The Guide is organised in ten geographical divisions, with these successively divided into regions and units, each of which is prefaced with a historical review of floristic studies. In addition to the bibliography, the book includes general chapters on botanical bibliography, the history of floras, and general principles and current trends, plus an appendix on bibliographic searching, a lexicon of serial abbreviations, and author and geographical indexes.

Author : David G. Frodin
Publisher : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
ISBN 13 : 9781842460481
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book World Checklist and Bibliography of Araliaceae written by David G. Frodin and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2003 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Checklist and Bibliography of Araliaceae fills a long-standing need for complete summaries, including Schefflera, Aralia, Dendropanax, Oreopanax, Polyscias and Hedera (the ivies) of all 1412 species that constitute this plant family.

Author : Kazunobu Ikeya
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811965579
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Global Ecology in Historical Perspective written by Kazunobu Ikeya and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-10 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book primarily examines human-animal and human-plant interactions in Asian forests (Southeast Asia and Japan) and inland waters (China). For comparison, cases from the Americas (whales in the Arctic, sea turtles in the Caribbean, and plants in the Amazon) and Central Asia are also included. The relationship between plants, animals, and humans in Asia is quite unique from a global perspective. For example, "satoyama" in Japan means ecotone area, or the boundary between a village and a forest. There, as the number of inhabitants declines, bears, wild boars, and other animals increasingly ravage crops, sometimes attacking humans as well. By showing the regional nature of human-animal and human-plant interactions in Asia, this book provides for the first time a framework for understanding the world's animal and plant-human relationships. It is assumed that the relationships between humans and animals and plants during this period were diverse, including hunting, taming, semi-domestication, and full domestication. At the same time, for regions outside of Asia, the extent to which these diverse relationships were adapted and how diversity was formed is explained from the perspective of historical ecology. Customers can expect to derive perspectives on the coexistence of human-animal and plant-animal relationships from this book in the near future. The conservation of rare species, diverse habitats, and biodiversity is a central theme in considering the relationship between modern civilization and the global environment. In post-industrial Japan, one focus has been the protection of iconic animals such as storks, crested ibis, dugongs, and sea turtles, while damage to crops and humans by deer, wild boars, monkeys, bears, and other common animals has become an important social issue. How can the world's 7.7 billion-plus people live in harmony with other species? We would like to get some hints on how to solve the problems we are facing.

Author : R.S. Misra
Publisher : Allied Publishers
ISBN 13 : 818424827X
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book AROIDS: Opportunities and Challenges written by R.S. Misra and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on 2013-12-21 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ever increasing demand for food has to be met to save the mankind from starvation. Realizing the unprecedented potential of aroids as a food crop, a Global Conference on "Aroids: Opportunities and Challenges" was organized during 23-25 January 2012, by the Regional Centre of Central Tuber Crops Research Institute at Bhubaneswar, to share and discuss the latest developments in aroids research across the globe and formulate strategies and collaborative action plan to exploit the potential of aroids as food crop, and to introduce them in new areas. This book is a compilation of papers presented on different aspects of aroids during the conference.

Author : Md. Rageeb Md. Usman
Publisher : Educreation Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Poisonous Herbal Plants written by Md. Rageeb Md. Usman and published by Educreation Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-30 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book titled as "Poisonous Herbal Plants" written with an intention to benefit the Diploma, UG, PG and Research Scholar students. This book acknowledged importance study of Medicinal Plants and the constantly increasing recognition of its extended practical as well as scientific applications. Since time immemorial, human beings have learned on plants/herbs/shrubs etc. for curative treatment of diseases and to secure prevention and cure against manifestations of various ailments. In this context the goal at this book is to provide the update knowledge to the students in the professional programmed at their study. The discovery of drug is tremendously increasing due to the great advancement bioassay screening isolation techniques and structure elucidation. The objective of this book is to spot a light on the brief introduction of about Poisons herbs and plants to the students and researchers. In the present global scenario, natural medicines are gaining prominence; because they are available at economical prices and relatively free from most of adverse drug effects or so called side effects. We have made every effort to avoid errors, clarify unmeaning words, and printing errors, but sometimes at then may arise in present edition, we would correct and/or omit hem in subsequent editions.

Author : Padmanabhan C.
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book ANTHURIUM PLANT AND PROPAGATION IN VITRO AN INTRODUCTION written by Padmanabhan C. and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-09-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, Anthurium Plant and Propagation in Vitro: An Introduction, provides basic information about the genus, Anthurium, and its cultivated species viz., Anthurium andraeanum and A. scherzerainum, which have grown for the cut flower trade and their micropropagation. Anthurium flowers are most sought after probably next to orchids for their infinite beauty and variety in international flower trading. The book introduces the reader to propagate anthurium plants in vitro and provides information on the essentials needed for micropropagation. The students of horticulture and biotechnology, professionals and hobbyists interested in micropropagation of anthurium will find this book useful.

Author : Ripu M. Kunwar
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030574083
Total Pages : 2107 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Ethnobotany of the Himalayas written by Ripu M. Kunwar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 2107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development. It has by now widely been recognized that “traditional” knowledge is always in flux and adapting to a quickly changing environment. Trends of globalization, especially the globalization of plant markets, have greatly influenced how plant resources are managed nowadays. While ethnobotanical studies are now available from many regions of the world, no comprehensive encyclopedic series focusing on the worlds mountain regions is available in the market. Scholars in plant sciences worldwide will be interested in this website and its dynamic content. The field (and thus the market) of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology has grown considerably in recent years. Student interest is on the rise, attendance at professional conferences has grown steadily, and the number of professionals calling themselves ethnobotanists has increased significantly (the various societies, like the Society for Economic Botany, the International Society of Ethnopharmacology, the Society of Ethnobiology, and the International Society for Ethnobiology currently have thousands of members). Growth has been most robust in BRIC countries. This new MRW on Ethnobotany of the Himalayas takes advantage of the increasing international interest and scholarship in the field of mountain research. It includes the best and latest research on a full range of descriptive, methodological, theoretical, and applied research on the most important plants in the Himalayas. Each contribution is scientifically rigorous and contributes to the overall field of study.