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The plant messiah : adventures in search of the world's rarest species
Title:
The plant messiah : adventures in search of the world's rarest species
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Publication Date as Range:
2017-2018
ISBN:
9780385543613
Edition:
First United States edition.
Physical Description:
261 pages : 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:
A scientist offers an impassioned memoir of saving extraordinary plants on the brink of extinction, describing his search for exotic plants in remote locations and his laboratory efforts to encourage vulnerable plants to propagate and thrive.
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