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A Fragile Eden : Portraits of the Endemic Flowering Plants of the Granitic Seychelles by Rosemary Wise (1998, Hardcover)

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The book is hardcover and titled "A Fragile Eden - Portraits of the Endemic Flowering Plants of the Granite Seychelles" Written and Illustrated by Rosemary Wise. The book has 216 pages of great reading and gorgeous illustrations.

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This is an extraordinary book, filled with beautiful full-color illustrations of some of the world's most unusual plants. It transports readers to a band of ancient and remote islands located a thousand miles off the coast of Africa. These islands, the Seychelles, have been geologically isolated for more than seventy million years. They include the only islands in the world that are formed of granite. In their long isolation, the native flora of these thirty-two granitic islands remained untouched until the late eighteenth century. Since then, however, inroads have been made in their natural environment by human settlement, by the introduction of cinnamon and its rapid spread over many of the islands, and by present-day tourism. Slowly these fragile plants have been overrun and many are now endangered. Most of the plants first described one hundred years ago are still found today, but many are becoming increasingly rare. Some cling to existence with only a few specimens to be found, often in remote locations. In 1985 the Oxford University Biological Expedition to the Seychelles studied the vegetation on several of the islands. Rosemary Wise, the department's artist, was asked to accompany the expedition. She became alarmed that the rapidly disappearing species might go unrecorded and made it her mission for the next ten years to paint all of the endemic flora in their natural habitat. She has written an accompanying text (with a contribution by Malcolm Coe) to describe this unique flora. The Seychelles are home to plant species found nowhere else. Perhaps the most famous is the "double coconut" ( Lodoicea maldivica ), a photogenic tree that has become synonymous with the islands. The illustration of this unique palm, like all of the illustrations contained in the book, was painted from firsthand observation. The large format, superb printing, and informative descriptions of A Fragile Eden allow the reader to appreciate the author's obvious passion for these plants. The book will appeal to a wide audience, including professional botanists, ecologically-minded travelers, and anyone who enjoys tropical plants or botanical art.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691048177
ISBN-13
9780691048178
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1607992

Product Key Features

Author
Rosemary Wise
Publication Name
Fragile Eden : Portraits of the Endemic Flowering Plants of the Granitic Seychelles
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
192 Pages

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10in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
9in
Item Weight
51.9 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Qk429.S4w57 1998
Reviews
"A most welcome addition to the botanical literature because it brings to us a collection of such rare and little-known botanical treasures." --From the foreword by Sir Ghillean Prance, Director, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Winner of the 1998 for Excellence in Design and Production in Professional/Scholarly Publishing, Association of American Publishers
Table of Content
FOREWORD, BY SIR GHILLEAN PRANCE, F.R.S. 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii Introduction 3 The Biogeography of the Seychelles Islands, by Malcolm Coe 8 A Brief Account of the History of Seychelles 16 Selected Collecting Sites 22 The Three Main Habitats of the Granitic Islands 27 The National Parks 30 Collecting and Painting the Endemic Flowering Plants 32 Arrangement of the Plates 34 Illustrations and Descriptions of the Endemic Plants THE DICOTYLEDONS ACANTHACEAE Plate 1. Pseuderanthemum sp. ANACARDIACEAE Plate 2. Campnosperma seychellarum APOCYNACEAE Plate 3. Carissa edulis var. sechellensis ARALIACEAE Plate 4. Gastonia crassa Plate 5. G. lionnetii Plate 6. G. sechellarum var. contracta G. sechellarum var. curiosae Plate 7. G. sechellarum var. sechellarum Plate 8. Schefflera procumbens ASCLEPIADACEAE Plate 9. Secanione schimperianus BALSAMINACEAE Plate 10. Impatiens gordonii BEGONIACFAE Plate 11. Begonia seychellensis BIGNONIACEAE Plate 12. Colea seychellarum COMPOSITAE Plate 13. Gynura sechellensis CUCURBITACEAE Plate 14. Peponium vogelii DILLENIACEAE Plate 15. Dilleniaferruginea DIPTEROCARPACEAE Plate 16. Vateriopsis seychellarum EBENACEAE Plate 17. Diospyros seychellarum ERYTHROXYLACEAE Plate 18, Erythroxylum sechellarum EUPHORBIACEAE Plate 19. Drypetes riseleyi Plate 20. Excoecaria benthamiano FLACOURTIACEAE Plate 21. Aphloia theiformis subsp. madagascariensis var. seychellensis Plate 22. Ludia mauritiana var. sechellensis GROSSULARLACEAF Plate 23. Brexia madagascariensis subsp. microcarpa ICACINACEAE Plate 24. Grisollea thomasseth LABIATAE Plate 25. Achyrospermum seychellarum LEGUMINOSAE Plate 26. Acacia pennata MEDUSAGYNACEAE Plate 27. Medusagyne oppositifolia MELASTOMATACEAE Plate 28. Memecylon eleagni MORACEAE Plate 29. Ficus bojeri Plate 30. F reflexa subsp. seychellensis MYRSINACEAE Plate 31. Rapanea seychellarum MYRTACEAE Plate 32. Syzygium wrightii NEPENTHACEAE Plate 33. Nepenthes pervillei NYCTAGINACEAE Plate 34. Pisonia sechellarum PIPERACEAE Plate 35. Piper sp. PITTOSPORACEAE Plate 36. Pittosporum senacia subsp. wrightii RUBIACEAE Plate 37. Canthium carinatum Plate 38. C, sechellense Plate 39. Craterispermum microdon Plate 40. Glionnetia sericea Plate 41. IAora pudica Plate 42. Paragenipa wrightii Plate 43. Psathura sechellarum Plate 44. Psychotria pervillei Plate 45. P. silhouettae Plate 46. Rothmannia annae Plate 47, Tarenna sechellensis Plate 48. Timonius sechellensis SAPINDACEAE Plate 49. Allophylus sechellensis SAPOTACEAE Plate 50. Mimusops sechellarum Plate 51. Northia seychellana SIMAROUBACEAE Plate 52. Soulamea terminalioides URTICACFAF Plate 53. Procris insularis THE MONOCOTYLEDONS ARACEAE Plate 54. Protarum sechellarum CYPERACEAE Plate 55. Lophoschoenus hornei Plate 56. Mapaniafloribundum Plate 57. M. seychellaria GRAMINEAE Plate 58. Garnotia sechellensis HYPOXIDACEAE Plate 59. Curculigo sechellensis Plate 60. Hypoxidia maheensis Plate 61. H. rhizophylla ORCHIDACEAE Plate 62. Agrostophyllum occidentale Plate 63. Angraecum eburneum subsp. brongniarrianum Plate 64. Hederorkis seychellensis Plate 65. Malaxis seychellarum Plate 66. Platylepsis sechellarum Plate 67. Vanilla phalaenopsis PALMAE Plate 68. Deckenia nobilis Plate 69. Lodoicea maldivica Plate 70. Nephrosperma vanhoutteana Plate 71. Phoenicophoriurn borsigianum Plate 72. Roscheria melanochaetes Plate 73. Verschaffeltia splendida PANDANACFAE Plate 74. Pandanus balfourii Plate 75. P hornei Plate 76. P multispicatus Plate 77. P sechellarum TRIURIDACEAE Plate 78. Seychellaria thomasseth GLOSSARY 199 REFERENCES 209 INDEX TO COMMON AND CREOLE PLANT NAMES 211 GENERAL INDEX 213
Copyright Date
1998
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Plants / Flowers, Life Sciences / Botany, Plants / General
Lccn
97-027815
Dewey Decimal
581.9696
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Nature, Science

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