Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Australia and New Guinea
Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Australia and New Guinea

Author: Stewart McPherson

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 59

ISBN-13: 9781908787071

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"Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Australia and New Guinea"offers a portable and lavishly illustrated overview of the fifteenspecies of pitcher plants (Nepenthes and Cephalotus) found inAustralia and New Guinea. A number of species featured in thiswork have been discovered only very recently, and the imagesincluded in this work are among the first to be published.This visually beautiful field guide consists of a shortintroduction to Nepenthes, followed by an overview of the speciesknown from Australia and New Guinea. Each species is then profiledover two pages with three images, most of which have never beenpublished before, and a concise summary of key features written inplain English. Concluding sections cover Nepenthes hybrids,conservation of Australian and New Guinea pitcher plants,Bibliography, Index and About the Authors.The species documented in this work are:Nepenthes:N. ampullaria, N. danseri, N. insignis, N. klossii, N. lamii, N.maxima, N. mirabilis, N. monticola, N. neoguineensis, N.paniculata, N. papuana, N. rowanae, N. tenax, N. treubiana, and N.sp. Misool. Cephalotus:C. folliculata

Pitcher-plants of Borneo
Pitcher-plants of Borneo

Author: Anthea Phillipps

Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13:

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Few carnivorous plants fuelthe imagination more thanpitcher plants. Chapters coverhistory, biology, ecology, andfolklore, and a detailed account of the 40 species found in Borneo -- all illustrated in colour.

Flora of Malaysia i-Newsletter Part 3
Flora of Malaysia i-Newsletter Part 3

Author:

Publisher: Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS)

Published: 2013-10-13

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13:

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iNewsletter on biological diversity in Malaysia to facilitate international access to information on the status of biodiversity studies and biodiversity management in Malaysia.

All Flesh Is Grass
All Flesh Is Grass

Author: Joseph Seckbach

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-10-11

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 9048193168

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This new book takes us through a journey from early life to modern agriculture. The thirty eight authors present current studies on the interrelation of plants-animals. This topic has always fascinated man, as evidenced even by the first chapters of Genesis. The world of aqueous and terrestrial fauna appeared on early earth only after the flora covered the areas with the green pigmentation. Almost all life depends upon sunlight via the photosynthesis of the botanical world. We read abut the harnessing of bee pollination of crops to make it an essential component of modern agriculture endeavor. Some plants seduce insects for pollination by their appearance (e.g., disguised orchids entice visitors); there is the production of sweet nectar as a bribe in flowers to attract bees, butterflies, and honey-sucking birds. A particular outstanding phenomena are the carnivorous plants that have developed trapping and digesting systems of insects and higher animals.