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Agaves of Continental North America by Gentry (c. 1982, Hardcover, 1998 Reprint)

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Country/Region of Manufacture
America
ISBN
9780816507757
Subject Area
Nature, Science
Publication Name
Agaves of Continental North America
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Item Length
10.3 in
Subject
Life Sciences / Botany, Plants / Cacti & Succulents
Publication Year
1982
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.7 in
Author
Howard Scott Gentry
Features
Reprint
Item Weight
29.1 Oz
Item Width
7.3 in
Number of Pages
670 Pages
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Publisher
University of Arizona Press
ISBN-10
0816507759
ISBN-13
9780816507757
eBay Product ID (ePID)
780816

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
670 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Agaves of Continental North America
Subject
Life Sciences / Botany, Plants / Cacti & Succulents
Publication Year
1982
Features
Reprint
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Science
Author
Howard Scott Gentry
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
29.1 Oz
Item Length
10.3 in
Item Width
7.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
82-006896
Reviews
"Based on twenty-five years of research on the genus Agave, this book combines an authoritative taxonomic treatment and extensive ethnobotanical information with an attractive, readable text. . . . Gentry has gathered together enough material on agave taxonomy, distribution, ethnobotany and cultivation to make two or three books and presented it in an informative and engaging fashion." -- Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science "A total of 136 species (197 taxa) are carefully described [with] detailed notes on their native habitat and economic usages, all of which is presented in a most readable manner. It is a book to browse through and enjoy." -- Journal of Arid Environments "Professional taxonomists will need the book for the 23 new taxa and 13 changes in taxonomic status that are described. Field biologists can rejoice in the regional keys and easily discernible key characters." -- Quarterly Review of Biology "Because of the importance of agaves in desert gardening throughout the world, many gardeners will find this book a much needed guide through what has until now been a most confusing complex of species and varieties." -- American Horticulturalist "It is a publication which all serious collectors of succulent plant books must have, and will clearly become a classic reference book on this neglected genus." -- British Cactus and Succulent Journal
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
584/.43
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
New in paperback Spring 2004, this is an indispensable guide to agaves.The uses of agaves are as many as the arts of man have found it convenient to devise. At least two races of man have invaded Agaveland during the last ten to fifteen thousand years, where, with the help of agaves, they contrived several successive civilizations. The region of greatest use development is Mesoamerica. Here the great genetic diversity in a genus rich in use potential came into the hands of several peoples who developed the main agricultural center of the Americas. Perhaps, as the Aztec legends suggest, it was the animals that first showed man the edibility of agave. Evolution in use ranges all the way from the coincidental and spurious, through tool and food-drink subsistence with mystical overlay, to the practical specialties of modem industry and art. The historic period of agave will be outlined here as briefly as that complicated development will allow.

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  • by macrigondiusa
    Aug 02, 2021

    Un libro para los amantes de los agaves.

    Excelente libro, que todo admirador de los agaves tiene que tener.

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