The Iris Family: Natural History and Classification [Hardcover]

John C. Manning (Author), Peter Goldblatt (Author)

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Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Timber Press (Oct 15 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0881928976
ISBN-13: 978-0881928976
Product Dimensions: 28.5 x 22.5 x 3.1 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.4 Kg
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #719,890 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5 in Books > Home & Garden > Gardening & Horticulture > By Plant > Irises
- #34 in Books > Home & Garden > Gardening & Horticulture > Flowers > Bulbs

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"Three additional helps, a glossary, cited literature, and index, complete the work. These tools, along with a writing style that the specialist and nonspecialist alike will appreciate, make this comprehensive, well-illustrated volume a must for any academic or large public library." (Choice )

"Take this review in and wave it at your librarian. This book is very, very good." (Washington Gardener )

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Irises and their relatives are lily-like plants related to the orchid and narcissus families, with whom they share a propensity for large, brightly colored, attractive flowers. Many have longlasting flowersIris, Gladiolus, and Freesia are among the most important cut-flower crops in the world. The intricate flowers of the iris family are finely adapted for pollination by a variety of animals, including hummingbirds, sunbirds, beetles, butterflies, moths, wasps, and bees. This intimate connection between flower form and pollination biology reveals how the marvelous range of flower colors, shapes, and scents are vital to the lives of the species. The diversity of Iridaceae is illustrated in more than 200 superb photographs supplemented by expert line drawings. A lifetime of work by the world's expert on Iridaceae is distilled in this definitive account. Botanists, ecologists, naturalists, and gardeners will find this an essential reference.

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