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"...the stories told by Deni Brown will bring either a knowing smile to your face or a smirk of amusement. " -- Hawaiian Horticulture
"I started out reading this book with an interest in aroids. I finished so excited...I started looking ...for an aroid society to join here in Hawaii." -- Hawaiian Horticulture
"If you have any interest in this large plant family at all, Deni Bown's book is a must-have for your library." -- Hawaiian Horticulture
"It makes for some fascinating reading." -- Choice
"This book is extremely well written...It’s a fascinating book, and you’ll be a better gardener for having read it." -- Clear Englebert, Feng Shui 2000
"A scholarly review of this amazing family ... Puts into context the origins and habits of aroids and their cultivation."—Stephen Pategas, Ornamental Outlook, April 2005 (Stephen Pategas Ornamental Outlook )
"A tantalizing and wide ranging read on the natural history of aroids ... Evocative, stimulating and accessible even on the most scientific aspects of her work. Captures the essence of this extraordinarily weird and wonderful family in a mouth-watering way."—Fergus Garrett, Gardens Illustrated, October 2001 (Fergus Garrett Gardens Illustrated )
"It makes for some fascinating reading."—Choice, January 2001 (Choice )
A scholarly review of this amazing family ... Puts into context the origins and habits of aroids and their cultivation.Stephen Pategas, Ornamental Outlook, April 2005 (Ornamental Outlook )
A tantalizing and wide ranging read on the natural history of aroids ... Evocative, stimulating and accessible even on the most scientific aspects of her work. Captures the essence of this extraordinarily weird and wonderful family in a mouth-watering way.Fergus Garrett, Gardens Illustrated, October 2001 (Gardens Illustrated )
A tantalizing and wide ranging read on the natural history of aroids. -- Fergus Garrett, Gardens Illustrated, October 2001
A well produced high quality book with masses of useful information. -- The World of The Rhodedendron Newsletter, Winter 2000
If you have any interest in this large plant family at all, Bown's book is a must-have for your library. -- Hawaiian Horticulture, November 2000
It makes for some fascinating reading.Choice, January 2001 (Choice )
This book is extremely well written ... It’s a fascinating book, and you’ll be a better gardener for having read it -- Clear Englebert, Feng Shui 2000
While she certainly doesn’t stint on scientific information, Bown has given us an eminently readable book. -- Susan Knorr, Garden Views, September 2000
"I started out reading this book with an interest in aroids. I finished so excited...I started looking ...for an aroid society to join here in Hawaii." -- Hawaiian Horticulture
"If you have any interest in this large plant family at all, Deni Bown's book is a must-have for your library." -- Hawaiian Horticulture
"It makes for some fascinating reading." -- Choice
"This book is extremely well written...It’s a fascinating book, and you’ll be a better gardener for having read it." -- Clear Englebert, Feng Shui 2000
"A scholarly review of this amazing family ... Puts into context the origins and habits of aroids and their cultivation."—Stephen Pategas, Ornamental Outlook, April 2005 (Stephen Pategas Ornamental Outlook )
"A tantalizing and wide ranging read on the natural history of aroids ... Evocative, stimulating and accessible even on the most scientific aspects of her work. Captures the essence of this extraordinarily weird and wonderful family in a mouth-watering way."—Fergus Garrett, Gardens Illustrated, October 2001 (Fergus Garrett Gardens Illustrated )
"It makes for some fascinating reading."—Choice, January 2001 (Choice )
A scholarly review of this amazing family ... Puts into context the origins and habits of aroids and their cultivation.Stephen Pategas, Ornamental Outlook, April 2005 (Ornamental Outlook )
A tantalizing and wide ranging read on the natural history of aroids ... Evocative, stimulating and accessible even on the most scientific aspects of her work. Captures the essence of this extraordinarily weird and wonderful family in a mouth-watering way.Fergus Garrett, Gardens Illustrated, October 2001 (Gardens Illustrated )
A tantalizing and wide ranging read on the natural history of aroids. -- Fergus Garrett, Gardens Illustrated, October 2001
A well produced high quality book with masses of useful information. -- The World of The Rhodedendron Newsletter, Winter 2000
If you have any interest in this large plant family at all, Bown's book is a must-have for your library. -- Hawaiian Horticulture, November 2000
It makes for some fascinating reading.Choice, January 2001 (Choice )
This book is extremely well written ... It’s a fascinating book, and you’ll be a better gardener for having read it -- Clear Englebert, Feng Shui 2000
While she certainly doesn’t stint on scientific information, Bown has given us an eminently readable book. -- Susan Knorr, Garden Views, September 2000
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Originally published in 1988 as the first truly comprehensive review of one of the largest and most popular plant families, Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family 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 nomenclature 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.
Aroids are best known for their dramatic foliage and unique floral structure, but because they grow in dissimilar environmental conditions from tropical rain forest to semi-desert, wetlands, and mountain regions, they are not readily recognized as a group. Among their number are jack-in-the-pulpit, calla lily, and skunk cabbage; many well-known tropical houseplants such as philodendron, caladium, and swiss cheese plant; exotics such as the voodoo lily and corpse flower; and a staple root crop, taro. What unites and distinguishes this complex family is its inflorescence consisting of tiny flowers on a thick spike (spadix) surrounded by a hood-like leaf (spathe).
In this compelling natural history, Deni Bown emphasizes the habitats and ecology of aroids, their anatomy and reproduction, their medicinal and folk uses, and their potential as food crops. All the aroids have devised cunning schemes to attract pollinators and survive adverse conditions, from the extraordinary mouse plant, which emits a mushroom-like smell and mimics the underside of a fungus to lure fungus gnats, to the “ordinary” jack-in-the-pulpit, which changes sex from year to year depending on environmental conditions. Other bizarre features of the aroid lifecycle are described in depth as the author covers representative species in the aroid genera.
While many aroids are grown as indoor plants for their visual impact and others are among the most popular ornamentals for aquaria, still others are coveted garden plants. For all that grow them or wish to grow them, this readable and inspiring guide provides a complete picture of their numerous attractive qualities and cultivation requirements.
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A roids are first and foremost flowering plants, albeit strange ones. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tuberous aroids, reflexed blade, spadix erect, involute vernation, two pedate, spathe limb, appendix slender, mottled petiole, spadix appendix, balanced liquid fertiliser, bisexual spadix, many aroids, epiphytic perennial, several aroids, spathe tube, other aroids, aquatic aroid, branched climber, most aroids, edible aroids, cultivated aroids, epiphytic aroids, titan arum, aroid genera, aroid inflorescences Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South America, New Guinea, North America, Royal Botanic Gardens, Southeast Asia, Costa Rica, West Indies, New World, Sri Lanka, West Africa, Middle East, Malay Peninsula, South Africa, United States, Central American, French Guiana, Hawaiian Islands, Heinrich Schott, Old World, Peninsular Malaysia, Josef Bogner, Sir Joseph Hooker, The Netherlands, Adolf Engler, Bogor Botanic Gardens New!
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A roids are first and foremost flowering plants, albeit strange ones. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tuberous aroids, reflexed blade, spadix erect, involute vernation, two pedate, spathe limb, appendix slender, mottled petiole, spadix appendix, balanced liquid fertiliser, bisexual spadix, many aroids, epiphytic perennial, several aroids, spathe tube, other aroids, aquatic aroid, branched climber, most aroids, edible aroids, cultivated aroids, epiphytic aroids, titan arum, aroid genera, aroid inflorescences Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South America, New Guinea, North America, Royal Botanic Gardens, Southeast Asia, Costa Rica, West Indies, New World, Sri Lanka, West Africa, Middle East, Malay Peninsula, South Africa, United States, Central American, French Guiana, Hawaiian Islands, Heinrich Schott, Old World, Peninsular Malaysia, Josef Bogner, Sir Joseph Hooker, The Netherlands, Adolf Engler, Bogor Botanic Gardens New!
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- Edible Aroids by S. Chandra on 6 pages
- The Genus Arum ("Kew Magazine" Monograph) by Peter Boyce on page 65, page 134, and Back Matter
- The Genera of Araceae by S. J. Mayo on page 20, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Monocotyledons: Systematics and Evolution (v. 1 & 2) by Paula Rudall in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Kew Bulletin by Kew Royal Botanic Gardens in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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