UID:
almahu_9948212117802882
Format:
1 online resource (340 pages)
ISBN:
0-12-814008-9
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0-12-814007-0
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Front Cover -- Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae) in Southern Africa: Classification, Biology, and Cultivation -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Preface -- Chapter 2: Crassulaceae of the World -- Introduction -- Genus and species diversity in, and distribution of, the Crassulaceae -- Pictorial gallery of some genera of the Crassulaceae not indigenous to southern Africa, and of the closely related Saxifrag ... -- Chapter 3: Crassulaceae in Southern Africa -- Introduction -- Brief summary of the genera -- 1. Crassulaceae subfam. Crassuloideae -- 1.1 Crassula L., Sp. pl. 1: 282 (1753) -- 2. Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae -- 2.1 Adromischus Lem., Jard. Fleur. 2, Misc. 59 (1852) -- 2.2 Cotyledon L., Sp. pl. 1: 429 (1753) -- 2.3 Kalanchoe Adans., Fam. pl. 2: 248 (1763) -- 2.4 Tylecodon Toelken in Bothalia 12: 378 (1978) -- Chapter 4: The Genus Kalanchoe -- Derivation of the name Kalanchoe -- Supra- and infrageneric classification and nomenclature of the genus Kalanchoe -- Chapter 5: Kalanchoe in Southern Africa -- Background -- Historical overview -- Origin of the Type Material of Southern African Kalanchoe Species -- Researchers on Southern and South-Tropical African Kalanchoe -- Kalanchoes in Southern African Botanical Art -- Common Names of Kalanchoe in Southern Africa -- Chapter 6: Geographical Distribution and Ecology -- Distribution -- General morphology and developmental stages -- Solar radiation requirements -- Temperature requirements -- Heat tolerance -- Cold tolerance -- Soil requirements -- Plant-water relations -- Functional roles of Kalanchoes in the ecosystems in which they occur -- Population dynamics -- Fire ecology -- Fire avoidance -- Fire tolerance -- Reseeding and resprouting -- Seed production and dispersal -- Economic botany -- Kalanchoes as medicinal plants and in African traditional medicine.
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Horticultural trade in kalanchoes -- Conservation of southern African Kalanchoe species -- Chapter 7: Characters, Pollination Biology and Life Cycle -- Introduction -- Vegetative morphology -- Reproductive morphology -- Pollination biology -- Life cycle (duration) -- Chromosome number -- Chapter 8: Physiology and Anatomy -- Introduction -- Photosynthesis -- Photoperiodism -- Anthocyanins -- Epicuticular wax (waxy bloom) -- Anatomy -- Chapter 9: Biocultural Significance and Toxicity -- Introduction -- Cardiac Glycosides -- Toxicity -- Biocultural Significance -- Chapter 10: Invasiveness -- Introduction -- The establishment success of Kalanchoe species in places remote from their natural habitats -- Chapter 11: Gardening -- Introduction -- Cultivation -- Propagation -- Landscaping -- Hybrids and cultivars -- Other Horticulturally Important Crassulaceae -- Chapter 12: Taxonomic Treatment -- Genus treatment -- Key to kalanchoes indigenous to southern Africa -- Key to kalanchoes variously naturalised in southern Africa -- Species treatments -- 1. Kalanchoe alticola Compton -- Coin-leaved kalanchoe (Figs. 12.1.1 to 12.1.12) -- 2. Kalanchoe brachyloba Welw. ex Britten -- Velvet kalanchoe (Figs. 12.2.1 to 12.2.7) -- 3. Kalanchoe crenata (Andrews) Haw. -- Crowned kalanchoe (Figs. 12.3.1 to 12.3.10) -- 4. Kalanchoe crundallii I.Verd. -- Crundalls kalanchoe (Figs. 12.4.1 to 12.4.9) -- 5. Kalanchoe hirta Harv. -- Bush kalanchoe (Figs. 12.5.1 to 12.5.14) -- 6. Kalanchoe laciniata (L.) DC. -- Christmas tree kalanchoe (Figs. 12.6.1 to 12.6.7) -- 7. Kalanchoe lanceolata (Forssk.) Pers. -- Narrow-leaved kalanchoe (Figs. 12.7.1 to 12.7.10) -- 8. Kalanchoe leblanciae Raym.-Hamet -- Sand forest kalanchoe (Figs. 12.8.1 to 12.8.11) -- 9. Kalanchoe longiflora Schltr. ex J.M.Wood -- Turquoise kalanchoe (Figs. 12.9.1 to 12.9.9) -- 10. Kalanchoe luciae Raym.-Hamet.
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Flipping flapjacks (Figs. 12.10.1 to 12.10.18) -- 11. Kalanchoe montana Compton -- Mountain kalanchoe (Figs. 12.11.1 to 12.11.12) -- 12. Kalanchoe neglecta Toelken -- Umbrella kalanchoe (Figs. 12.12.1 to 12.12.10) -- 13. Kalanchoe paniculata Harv. -- Rabbits ear kalanchoe (Figs. 12.13.1 to 12.13.11) -- 14. Kalanchoe rotundifolia (Haw.) Haw. -- Common kalanchoe (Figs. 12.14.1 to 12.14.26) -- 15. Kalanchoe sexangularis N.E.Br. -- Red-leaved kalanchoe (Figs. 12.15.1 to 12.15.15) -- 16. Kalanchoe thyrsiflora Harv. -- White lady (Figs. 12.16.1 to 12.16.10) -- 17. Kalanchoe winteri Gideon F.Sm., N.R.Crouch & -- Mich.Walters -- Wolkberg kalanchoe (Figs. 12.17.1 to 12.17.11) -- 18. Kalanchoe beharensis Drake -- Donkeys ear (Figs. 12.18.1 to 12.18.12) -- 19. Kalanchoe daigremontiana Raym.-Hamet & -- H.Perrier -- Mother-of-thousands (Figs. 12.19.1 to 12.19.7) -- 20. Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi Raym.-Hamet & -- H.Perrier -- Purple scallops (Figs. 12.20.1 to 12.20.10) -- 21. Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri Raym.-Hamet & -- H.Perrier -- Life plant (Figs. 12.21.1 to 12.21.5) -- 22. Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers. -- Cathedral bells (Figs. 12.22.1 to 12.22.7) -- 23. Kalanchoe prolifera (Bowie ex Hook.) Raym.-Hamet -- Blooming boxes (Figs. 12.23.1 to 12.23.7) -- 24. Kalanchoe tubiflora (Harv.) Raym.-Hamet -- Chandelier plant (Figs. 12.24.1 to 12.24.9) -- 25. Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Poelln. -- Flaming Katy (Figs. 12.25.1 to 12.25.15) -- 26. Kalanchoe humilis Britten -- Zebra kalanchoe (Figs. 12.26.1 to 12.26.6) -- 27. Kalanchoe `Margrits Magic -- Red chandelier plant (Figs. 12.27.1 to 12.27.7) -- 28. Kalanchoe porphyrocalyx (Baker) Baill. -- Red-cup kalanchoe (Figs. 12.28.1 to 12.28.4) -- 29. Kalanchoe pumila Baker -- Flower dust kalanchoe (Figs. 12.29.1 to 12.29.3) -- 30. Kalanchoe tomentosa Baker -- Panda plant (Figs. 12.30.1 to 12.30.10) -- Acknowledgements.
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Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Back Cover.
Language:
English
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