The curious world of carnivorous plants : a comprehensive guide to their biology and cultivation /
The curious world of carnivorous plants : a comprehensive guide to their biology and cultivation /
by Wilhelm Barthlott ... [et al.] ; [translation by Michael L.C. Ashdown].
- English language ed.
- Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2007.
- 224 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.
"First published with the title Karnivoren: biologie und kultur fleischfressender pflanzen by Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, Germany, c2004"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-218) and index.
The flowers of evil: an introduction -- Habitats -- Biogeography and diversity -- Attracting and trapping mechanisms -- Digestion of prey and nutrient uptake -- Prey -- Guests at the carnivores' table: the commensals -- Noncarnivorous animal-trapping plants -- The evolution of carnivory -- Growing carnivorous plants -- Nature conservation -- Bromeliaceae: pineapple family (bromeliads) -- Byblidaceae: rainbow plant family -- Cephalotaceae: Australian pitcher plant family -- Dioncophyllaceae: hookleaf family -- Droseraceae: sundew family -- Drosophyllaceae: Portuguese sundew family -- Lentibulariaceae: bladderwort family -- Nepenthaceae: Asian pitcher plant family -- Roridulaceae: bug plant family -- Sarraceniaceae: American pitcher plant family -- Animal-trapping liverworts -- Animal-trapping fungi -- The carnivorous plants of the world: a comprehensive listing from A to Z.
0881927929 : HRD $39.95 9780881927924
Workman Pub Co, Attn: Mary Beth 225 Varick st, New York, NY, USA, 10014, (212)2545900 SAN 203-2821
2006026242
Carnivorous plants.
QK917 / .K2813 2007
583/.75
"First published with the title Karnivoren: biologie und kultur fleischfressender pflanzen by Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, Germany, c2004"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-218) and index.
The flowers of evil: an introduction -- Habitats -- Biogeography and diversity -- Attracting and trapping mechanisms -- Digestion of prey and nutrient uptake -- Prey -- Guests at the carnivores' table: the commensals -- Noncarnivorous animal-trapping plants -- The evolution of carnivory -- Growing carnivorous plants -- Nature conservation -- Bromeliaceae: pineapple family (bromeliads) -- Byblidaceae: rainbow plant family -- Cephalotaceae: Australian pitcher plant family -- Dioncophyllaceae: hookleaf family -- Droseraceae: sundew family -- Drosophyllaceae: Portuguese sundew family -- Lentibulariaceae: bladderwort family -- Nepenthaceae: Asian pitcher plant family -- Roridulaceae: bug plant family -- Sarraceniaceae: American pitcher plant family -- Animal-trapping liverworts -- Animal-trapping fungi -- The carnivorous plants of the world: a comprehensive listing from A to Z.
0881927929 : HRD $39.95 9780881927924
Workman Pub Co, Attn: Mary Beth 225 Varick st, New York, NY, USA, 10014, (212)2545900 SAN 203-2821
2006026242
Carnivorous plants.
QK917 / .K2813 2007
583/.75