Succulent Flora of Southern Africa

by Doreen Court

Overview

This highly regarded reference work, a botanical classic, has been fully revised and updated. A fresh new design and beautiful full-color images aid identification. First published in 1981, Succulent Flora has long served as an authoritative guide for academics and lay enthusiasts alike. This third edition takes into account intervening taxonomic advances and the discovery and naming of ever more species. Information has been supplemented in line with the latest thinking and the book has been newly designed for clarity and ease of reference. Given the phenomenal extent of our succulent flora, this fully updated edition is a timely addition to the botanical literature of southern Africa.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781770075870
Publisher:	Penguin Random House South Africa
Publication date:	07/01/2011
Edition description:	3rd Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 11.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

DOREEN COURT was born in the Little Karoo, educated in Grahamstown and spent nearly 30 years in Zimbabwe. With an M.Sc. degree, she is a Research Associate of the Botany Department at Rhodes University and a Fellow of the Linnean Society. She now lives in George in the Western Cape.

Editorial Reviews

"Southern Africa is the natural home of the most diverse and remarkable succulent flora in the world. In this newly revised edition of the classic 1981 text, descriptions include characteristics of species, recent taxonomic advances, and their distribution in Southern Africa on maps of each country. Using an encyclopedic format for eight common families organized by genus and species, plants are illustrated with color photographs in the body of this work. Each image contains a tag line with the page number of the text for further details, so this scheme necessitates a lot of page turning to match photo and text. In addition, there are many explanatory black-and-white photographs as well as drawings of seemingly strange roots and shapes. This new edition of Succulent Flora will be of value to casual succulent growers as well as professionals, thanks in part to its affordability. It is a valuable addition to the field."

Chicago Botanic Garden - Adele Kleine

Southern Africa is the natural home of the most diverse and remarkable succulent flora in the world. In this newly revised edition of the classic 1981 text, descriptions include characteristics of species, recent taxonomic advances, and their distribution in Southern Africa on maps of each country. Using an encyclopedic format for eight common families organized by genus and species, plants are illustrated with color photographs in the body of this work. Each image contains a tag line with the page number of the text for further details, so this scheme necessitates a lot of page turning to match photo and text. In addition, there are many explanatory black-and-white photographs as well as drawings of seemingly strange roots and shapes. This new edition of Succulent Flora will be of value to casual succulent growers as well as professionals, thanks in part to its affordability. It is a valuable addition to the field.

From the Publisher

Revised edition of a reference that deals with the six major groups of succulent plants occurring in southern Africa: the mesembryanthemaceae, portulacaceae, crassula-ceae, the succulent euphorbieae, stapelieae and aloacceae, as well as a short chapter on adenium, pachypodium and adenia. It includes revisions of genera and descriptions of new species which have been published from 1980 to 2000. Wherever practical, the species are arranged geographically with closely related species in sequence. Court is a research associate of the Botany Department at Rhodes U. and a Fellow of the Linnean Society. The book contains many b&w and color illustrations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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