An internationally acclaimed botanical illustrator, Thorogood conjures his adventures spent seed-collecting and conserving plants around the world back to life in his electric paintings, which feature throughout the book.
This beautifully illustrated book follows the amazing story of plant evolution, from the first plants arriving on a dark and lifeless planet to the colorful—often weird and wonderful—world of today’s varied and vibrant plant life.
Pathless Forestis the story of his journey to study and protect this remarkable plant - a biological enigma, still little understood, which invades vines as a leafless parasite and steals its food from them.
Written in an interesting, informative, and easy-to-read style, this book seeks to provide many of the answers to a broad range of theological questions, which are consistently being asked throughout many parts of the world.
This book examines recent research into Nepenthes with an emphasis on evolutionary and taxonomic perspectives, using the well circumscribed Malaysian species as a model group.
For the first time, this extraordinary compilation showcases weird, mysterious and bizarre plants from around the world.