By William Lotschert, Gerhard Beese
ISBN-10: 0002191121
ISBN-13: 9780002191128
This can be a advisor to the vibrant global of crops, either decorative and monetary, from all areas of the tropics. Introductory chapters talk about the categories of tropical plants, the influence which guy has had upon the ecology of the tropics and at the spreading of either decorative and monetary vegetation around the globe, and the function of those vegetation in paintings and mythology. the most textual content offers a botanical description of every species with flowering time, starting place, distribution and specifications. when it comes to fiscal crops it's also construction tables evaluating nationwide yields. There are 274 color images, and 325 vegetation are defined. This consultant is meant as a better half to botanists traveling within the tropics.
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Formed from three united carpels, develops after fertilisation into a small capsule which splits into three parts. The main flowering-time of this highly decorative plant is in December and January. Crown-of- Thorns Euphorbia milii Desm. Syn. E. \plendens Boj. Spurge family 140 67 the Scarlet Plume, in cyathia between the young thorns at the end of the stems. The inflorescence is repeatedly branched, with a pair of cyathia at the end of each branch, each cyathium being surrounded by two bright red, shortly pointed bracts.
These petals are covered with reddish purple dots. The third petal, modified to form a lip, is relatively narrow, purplish brown near the aperture and shading to greenish at the toe. At the centre of the flower is the sterile stamen shaped like a convex disc. ~ 1 Ivory Lady's-slipper Paphiopedilum bellatulum (Rchb, f) Pfitz. ) Pfitz. Orchid family 153 Orchidaceae P. hellatulum is native in Thailand, Burma and Tonkin and grows there in humus-filled holes in limestone rocks. the Latin word 'bellatulum' means 'neaC or 'pretty' and the synonym 'concolor' refers to the uniform colouring of the flower.
Chev. Syn. C. ~ Amaryllidaceae The genus Crinum comprises 150 species in Asia and Africa and includes a number of attractive coastal plants. One of the most striking is C. augustum, native in Mauritius and the Seychelles, which appears to be a slightly smaller form of C. amabile from Sumatra. In fact C. augustum has been considered by some authorities to be merely a variety of this species. Like all members of the genus, C. augustum produces a large bulb with a distinct neck. The leaves are numerous, up to I m long and 10cm broad, and pointed at the end.
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