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Florapedia: A Brief Compendium of Floral Lore

Hardback

Main Details

Title Florapedia: A Brief Compendium of Floral Lore
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Carol Gracie
Illustrated by Amy Jean Porter
SeriesPedia Books
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:200
Dimensions(mm): Height 171,Width 114
Category/GenreBotany and plant sciences
Pets and the Natural World
Trees, wildflowers and plants
ISBN/Barcode 9780691211404
ClassificationsDewey:635.9
Audience
General
Illustrations 53 b/w illus.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 6 April 2021
Publication Country United States

Description

A delightful illustrated treasury of botanical facts and fancy Florapedia is an eclectic A-Z compendium of botanical lore. With more than 100 enticing entries-on topics ranging from achlorophyllous plants that use a fungus as an intermediary to obtain nutrients from other plants to zygomorphic flowers that admit only the most select pollinators-

Author Biography

Carol Gracie was a naturalist, photographer, and lecturer with a special interest in plants and insects. Her books include Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast and Summer Wildflowers of the Northeast (both Princeton) and Wildflowers in the Field and Forest. Amy Jean Porter is an artist, illustrator, and naturalist. She is the illustrator of Fungipedia (Princeton) and The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook.

Reviews

"One of American Institute of Graphic Arts' Top 50 Books / 50 Covers of 2021" "[An] enticing variety of facts." * Historic Gardens Review * "A compendium that cannot fail to fascinate anyone with an interest in plants and flowers."---Patricia MacDuff, British Naturalists Association "The perfect book for that impossible-to-satisfy gardening nerd in your life. . . . A perfectly general collection of bits and pieces, a compendium of botanical snippets, that will inform, amuse and entertain anybody with an interest in gardening, botany or nature in general."---Paddy Tobin, An Irish Gardener "I really like [Gracie's] investigations of things we all have heard like floral idioms. . . . There are also charming discussions about plants that we know and others that we don't, from other parts of the world." * Lapwing Magazine * "Florapedia is an aptly named gem of a book, with an A-Z of informative cover to cover interest, providing the reader with a new found knowledge and insight to a different perspective on the flora of our world."---Neville Davies, Gwent Wildlife Trust