Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family | 
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| Author: Deni Bown
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 712272
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 468
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.6
ISBN: 0881924857
Dewey Decimal Number: 584.64
EAN: 9780881924855
ASIN: 0881924857
Publication Date: September 1, 2000
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Product Description
Originally published in 1988 as the first truly comprehensive review of one of the largest and most popular plant families, Aroids was enthusiastically welcomed by botanists and horticulturists alike for its attention to scientific detail and delightful writing style. Now in this completely updated second edition, we learn of discoveries made in the last decade as the family has grown from about 2500 species to nearer 3200. The latest taxonomic and nomenclatural revisions are noted in the checklist of genera, and all the original drawings are included plus twice as many color photos. A new guide to the cultivation of ornamental aroids completes this well-rounded introduction to a remarkable family.
Book Description
Covers both botanical & horticultural aspects of these extraordinary & diverse plants in a substantially revised new edition. (Originally published in 1988).
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 Beautiful bood, but May 4, 2008
This is a wonderful book if you want to read about Aroids, and explore this fascinating group of plants. However there are minimal illustrations or pictures, and I often found myself longing for more of the many pictures that Deni Bown must have taken, in her travels. I am unlikely to see many or most of the plants she talks about in my lifetime, unless I plan some jungle exploration holidays, and would have loved to have more pictures to help me imagine what they looked like. Hopefully she will put out a more illustrated version one day!
Very good book about Aroids March 19, 2008
I think it is the best book about aroids with very good photos and descriptions.
Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family August 23, 2007
This is the best botanical book I have bought in years. easy to read, witty and packed with information.
A plant family that may be more ingenious than the orchids December 20, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've long been a fan of the Orchidaceae, but I didn't know that the Aroids are possibly an even more advanced branch of the Monocotlydons. This book exposes some shocking facts. Some species routinely metabolize lipids to generate temperatures over 100 F around their inflorescence while surrounding temps are near freezing. Other species manufacture aromatic compounds rarely encountered outside of the ANIMAL kingdom. There are aroids we can eat, and others that smell so horrible they inspire nightmares. Some species' reproductive contrivances are almost too imaginative for the plant kingdom.
Deni Bown has provided an invaluable service: she's compiled nearly everything Aroid known to science into one, comprehensive yet accessible book.
A cool corner of the plant kingdom July 28, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If your tastes are a little nonstandard, you will enjoy growing the plants described in this book. I am lucky enough to live in Chapel Hill, NC. Its benign climate is ideal for growing hordes of very cool, very weird plants. Great effort!
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