id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_pknbqxoxnjajrh3cuf65j7ddxe Brian W. van Wilgen Uniting botanical science and art 2020.0 1 .pdf application/pdf 987 77 59 https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2020/7960 Uniting botanical science and art The Amaryllidaceae is a large family of flowering plants, with over 800 species in more than 50 genera, distributed southern Africa is home to approximately 250 species in 18 genera and they are found in a wide range of habitats. The book owes its existence to Barbara Jeppe and Leigh Voigt, a mother-and-daughter team of artists who together spent 45 years collecting and illustrating individual species. illustrating plant specimens has been vital to botanical science for centuries. In 1972, botanical artist Barbara Jeppe began to paint the various Nerine and Haemanthus species near The final product, a sizeable book of over 700 pages, is illustrated with 248 full-page colour plates and a distribution By combining traditional botanical art with outstanding photography, this book, published by Umdaus Press, sets a new standard for botanical publishing in southern Africa. one of the most collectable texts in the field of botanical Africana. ./cache/work_pknbqxoxnjajrh3cuf65j7ddxe.pdf ./txt/work_pknbqxoxnjajrh3cuf65j7ddxe.txt