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Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Crassulaceae

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Editors:
  1. Urs Eggli

    1. Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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  • With 341 superb colour photographs
  • The complete family is described, including keys to genera, typification and distribution data of all accepted taxa
  • Full synonymy and literature references are given
  • Ideally suited to the committed collector of succulent plants
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants (SUCCPLANTS)

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Table of contents (2 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Urs Eggli
    Pages 1-3

  3. Crassulaceae

    • Urs Eggli
    Pages 5-374

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 375-506
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About this book

The present volume covering the Crassulaceae marks the completion of the successful handbook series that presents a complete coverage of the so-called "other" succulents, i.e. of all taxa of suc­ culent plants with the exception of the Cactaceae. It is with pride that this volume is now put before the public. Together with its predecessors, it is the fruit of a truly international project. Not only does the present volume constitute the first complete synopsis of the large and horticulturally important family Crassulaceae published since the treatment by Berger (1930), but the handbook series as a whole is a landmark in succulent plant literature. The history of the project that eventually led to the publication of the present handbook series was outlined in the Preface to the Monocotyledons Volume, published in the summer of 2001. A short summary of its history will therefore suffice. Handbooks devoted to succulent plants (including cacti) have a long-standing tradition. First treatments covering the family Cactaceae were already published in the 19th century, but the first handbook dealing with the so-called "other succulents", authored by Hermann Jacobsen, was only published in 1954 - 1955, then called "Handbuch der sukkulenten Pflanzen". A revised and en­ larged English edition was published in 1959 and was repeatedly reprinted subsequently.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Urs Eggli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Crassulaceae

  • Editors: Urs Eggli

  • Series Title: Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55874-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-41965-5Published: 07 February 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-62629-6Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-55874-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 506

  • Topics: Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Plant Ecology

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