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The Timber Press guide to succulent plants of the world : a comprehensive reference to more than 2000 species / Fred Dortort.

Dortort, Fred (author.). Timber Press (Portland, Or.) (Added Author).

Summary:

This encyclopedic yet accessible volume features comprehensive, richly illustrated descriptions of more than 2000 succulents, including both familiar species as well as less common, more exotic plants.

Record details

ISBN: 9780881929959
Physical Description: 344 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Publisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-329) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Succulents in nature -- Succulents in cultivation -- Crassula -- Adromischus -- Cotyledon and tylecodon -- Kalanchoe -- Sedum, sempervivum, and other old world crassulaceae -- Echeveria -- Sedum and other world crassulaceae -- Euphorbia -- Euphorbia relatives -- Lithops and other living stones -- Dwarf mesembryanthemums -- Small, medium, and large mesembryanthemums -- Anacampseros and its relatives -- Pelargonium and monsonia : Succulent geraniums -- Stapelia and other thick-stemmed succulent milkweeds : Stapeliads -- Succulent milkweeds with vining and caudiciform habits -- Adenium and pachypodium -- Senecio and othonna : Succulent asters -- Dioscorea, cucurbits, and other succulent caudiciforms -- Adenia, cissus, ficus, and pterodiscus : Succulent passion vines, grapes, figs, and sesames -- Succulent trees and pachycauls -- Aloe -- Haworthia -- Gasteria, astroloba, and poellnitzia -- Succulent bulbs -- Agave -- Agave relatives and terrestrial bromeliads -- Succulent odds and ends.