Title:
The plant messiah : adventures in search of the world's rarest species
Author:
Magdalena, Carlos, author.
ISBN:
9780385543613
9780525436669
Personal Author:
Edition:
First United States edition.
Publication Information:
New York :
Doubleday,
[2017?]
©2017.
Physical Description:
261 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents:
Genesis -- Kew calling -- Resurrection in Rodrigues Island -- The messiah in Mauritius -- Talking tortoises -- River deep, mountain high -- The recycling plant -- Water babies -- Victoria's secrets -- Warm waterlilies -- Hot property -- Bolivian botany -- Peruvian plants -- Flora of Australia.
Abstract:
In The Plant Messiah, Magdalena takes readers from the Amazon to the jungles of Mauritius to deep within the Australian Outback in search of the rare and the vulnerable. Back in the lab, we watch as he develops groundbreaking, left-field techniques for rescuing species from extinction, encouraging them to propagate and thrive once again. Along the way, he offers moving, heartfelt stories about the secrets contained within these incredible organisms.
