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9781591024071

Flowers

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  • ISBN13:

    9781591024071

  • ISBN10:

    1591024072

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-05-02
  • Publisher: Prometheus Books
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Summary

Written with clarity, wit, and engaging enthusiasm for the marvels of our fragile ecosystem, Flowers will make you stop and smell the roses, with a new appreciation of their crucial role in the web of life.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 7(4)
Introduction 11(10)
Chapter 1: What, Exactly, Is a Flower? 21(34)
Chapter 2: What Are Flowers For? 55(58)
Chapter 3: Flowers and Their Friends 8i
Chapter 4: Flowers and Their Enemies 113(32)
Chapter 5: How Are the Flowering Plants Distinguished? 145(28)
Chapter 6: What Makes the Flowering Plants So Special? 173(30)
Chapter 7: Primates, People, and the Flowering Plants 203(32)
Chapter 8: How Flowers Changed the World 235(28)
Epilogue 263(8)
Notes 271(18)
Glossary 289(32)
Index 321

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