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The big, bad book of botany
\"David Attenborough meets Lemony Snicket in The Big Bad Book of Botany, Michael Largo's entertaining and enlightening one-of-a-kind compendium of the world's most amazing and bizarre plants, their history, and their lore. The Big, Bad Book of Botany introduces a world of wild, wonderful, and weird plants. Some are so rare, they were once more valuable than gold. Some found in ancient mythology hold magical abilities, including the power to turn a person to stone. Others have been used by assassins to kill kings, and sorcerers to revive the dead. Here, too, is vegetation with astonishing properties to cure and heal, many of which have long since been lost with the advent of modern medicine. Organized alphabetically, The Big, Bad Book of Botany combines the latest in biological information with bizarre facts about the plant kingdom's oddest members, including a species that is more poisonous than a cobra and a prehistoric plant that actually 'walked.' Largo takes you through the history of vegetables and fruits and their astonishing agricultural evolution. Throughout, he reveals a astonishing facts, from where the world's first tree grew to whether plants are telepathic. Featuring more than 150 photographs and illustrations, The Big, Bad Book of Botany is a fascinating, fun A-to-Z encyclopedia for all ages that will transform the way we look at the natural world.\"--from publisher's description.
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Key to hornworts (Anthocerotophyta) of Colombia / Clave para Antocerotes (Anthocerotophyta) de Colombia
A key is presented to seven genera and fifteen species of hornworts recorded from Colombia. Three species found in Ecuador but not yet in Colombia (Dendroceros crispatus, Phaeomegaceros squamuligerus, and Phaeoceros tenuis) are also included in the key.
Se presenta una clave taxonómica para los siete géneros y quince especies de antocerotes registrados en Colombia. Tres especies registradas en Ecuador, pero aún no en Colombia (Dendroceros crispatus, Phaeomegaceros squamuligerus y Phaeoceros tenuis), también son incluidas.
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What are stems?
\"This title provides curious young readers with a close-up look at plant stems. Readers will discover why plants need stems, the different kinds of stems, and how new plants can grow from the stems of mature plants.\"--Amazon.com.
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Two new species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) from Antioquia, Colombia / Dos especies nuevas de Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) de Antioquia, Colombia
Burmeistera fistulosa and B. reclinata, both from the department of Antioquia (Colombia), are here described and illustrated. The first species is similar to B. tomentosula, from which it differs by the glabrous surfaces, the petiole 1.4–2 cm long, the lamina elliptic to ovate, the reduced subtending leaves, the calyx lobes 2.5–3.5 x 0.8–1.2 mm, the ventral anthers barbate, and the white, obconic to ellipsoids berries. The second species is similar to B. diazii, from which it differs by the narrowly ovate leaves with 5–6 pairs of secondary veins and higher order veins inconspicuous beneath, the glabrous flowers with calyx lobes 5–9 x 0.6–1 mm, half of the corolla length or less, the barbate ventral anthers, and the white berries suffused with vinaceous lines.
Burmeistera fistulosa y B. reclinata, del departamento de Antioquia (Colombia), son descritas e ilustradas como especies nuevas. La primera de estas especies es similar a B. tomentosula, de la cual difiere por sus superficies glabras, el peciolo 1,4–2 cm largo, la lámina elíptica a ovada, las hojas tectrices reducidas, los lóbulos del cáliz 2,5–3,5 x 0,8–1,2 mm, las anteras ventrales barbadas, y las bayas blancas, obcónicas a elipsoides. Por su parte, B. reclinata es similar a B. diazii, de la cual difiere por las hojas angosto-ovadas con 5–6 pares de venas secundarias y venas de orden mayor inconspicuas por el envés, las flores glabras con lóbulos del cáliz 5–9 x 0,6–1 mm, la mitad del largo de la corola o menos, las anteras ventrales barbadas y las bayas blancas con vetas vináceas.
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