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Aloes in Southern Africa
Author(s): Gideon Smith (Author)
- Publisher: Struik Publishers
- Publication Date: 25 Mar. 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 136 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781770074620
- ISBN-13: 1770074627
Book Description
This is a book that examines the Aloe family from various angles: What are aloes – biology and ecology: growth forms; how they grow; reproduction, etc; How old are these plants; Aloes in the environment (fire; cold; aridity, etc); How to recognise aloes; Distribution and habitats with directory of common aloes by region (bushveld, arid west, fynbos, thicket, east coast, grassland); Uses of aloes; and, Aloes in the garden.
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About the Author
With over 40 books and hundreds of papers to his name, Gideon F Smith is South Africa’s most prolific author on aloes and other succulent plants. He is Chief Director for Biosystematics and Collections at the South African National Biodiversity Institute, professor of plant science at the University of Pretoria, and a research associate at the University of Coimbra, Portugal and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Through his interests in the biology and classification of succulent plants, as well as landscaping and horticulture, he is involved in various national and international environmental research associations.
