Orchids of South Africa: A field guide

The field guide Orchids of South Africa presents the more than 450 orchid species found in the region, including Lesotho and Swaziland.
Johnson, Steve; Bytebier, Benny; Stärker, Herbert
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Title: Orchids of South Africa
Subtitle: A Field Guide
Authors: Steve Johnson, Benny Bytebier, Herbert Stärker
Genre: Mammal Guide
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa 2015
ISBN 9781775841395 / ISBN 978-1-77584-139-5
Softcover, 17 x 24 cm, 528 pages, 2500 photographs

Description:

Orchids of South Africa: A Field Guide is intended for those individuals who enjoy finding and identifying South African orchids in their natural habitat and who want to learn something about their ecology, conservation status and relationship to other orchid species. Of the 473 orchid species known to occur in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, 455 are illustrated in this book. The 18 species that are not featured are very poorly known; approximately half of these have not been seen for more than 50 years and are now presumed to be extinct. The introductory sections provide information about the physical environment, floral regions and biomes of South Africa. They also provide an overview of the orchid flora, the principles according to which orchids are named, and the structure, reproductive biology and conservation of orchids. We have purposefully omitted a section on cultivation, partly because this is a highly technical topic that is already covered in specialist literature, but mostly because Orchids of South Africa: A Field Guide is intended specifically to enhance the appreciation of orchids in their natural habitat.

Content: Orchids of South Africa. A Field Guide

PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
SOUTH AFRICAN ORCHIDS: AN OVERVIEW
THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
FLORAL REGIONS
BIOMES AND VEGETATION TYPES
Fynbos
Succulent Karoo
Nama-Karoo
Grassland
Savanna
Afrotemperate forest
Albany thicket
Indian Ocean coastal belt
ORCHID FLORA
Botanical names
ORCHID STRUCTURE
Roots, stems and leaves (vegetative parts)
Flowers and seeds
ORCHID REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Flowering times
Response to fire
Pollination (sexual reproduction)
Vegetative (asexual) reproduction
Hybridization
ORCHID CONSERVATION
FLORAL PARTS OF ORCHIDS
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
ORCHID GENERA OF THE REGION
ORCHID SPECIES OF THE REGION
IDENTIFICATION KEY TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA
GLOSSARY
FURTHER READING
INDEX

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