The Amaryllidaceae of Southern Africa – Hardcover
Are you interested in or studying the Amaryllidaceae plant family? Get the illustrated, comprehensive identification guide by expert by Graham Duncan.
The Amaryllidaceae of Southern Africa is dedicated entirely to the 18 genera in the family Amaryllidaceae in southern Africa. This easy-to-use guide has over 240 illustrations as well as detailed distribution maps and magnificent photographs showing plants in typical habitat conditions.
The comprehensive text includes a full description of each species, a short history of the discovery of each plant, nomenclature, medicinal and other uses, various aspects of cultivation, pollination, locality preference and affinities with similar species.
Authors: Graham Duncan and Barbara Jeppe and Leigh Voigt (illustrators
ISBN (ENG): 978-1-919766-50-8
Extent: 710 pages
Format: 270 x 210 mm – hard cover, cloth bound with laminated dust cover, more than 240 watercolour plates.
About the book:
The Amaryllidaceae of Southern Africa is the first book by the renown horticulturist and botanist Graham Duncan, and illustrators Barbara Jeppe & Leigh Voigt dedicated entirely to the 18 genera in the family Amaryllidaceae in southern Africa. This easy-to-use guide has over 240 illustrations as well as detailed distribution maps and magnificent photographs showing plants in typical habitat conditions.
The comprehensive text includes a full description of each species, a short history of the discovery of each plant, nomenclature, medicinal and other uses, various aspects of cultivation, pollination, locality preference and affinities with similar species.
Additionally this book includes an index, glossary and bibliography.
There is a separate chapter on the cultivation of the species in the summer and winter rainfall areas in southern Africa and also in the northern hemisphere.
This book is an asset to every botanical book lover’s library.
About the contributors:
- The text has been written by one of the most knowledgeable horticulturists and botanists in the field, the inimitable Graham Duncan, who has written many books and articles on bulbs
- Barbara Jeppe, botanical artist extraordinaire, began work on the paintings in July 1971 and for the next 28 years she collected and painted over 200 species of Amaryllidaceae. After her death in 1999, her daughter, Leigh Voigt, a versatile and highly acclaimed artist herself, picked up where her mother had left off and painted most of the subsequently described species.
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