The Amaryllidaceae family is mainly distributed in warm temperate and tropical parts of the world and has approximately 75 genera and 1,600 species. This field guide follows hot on the heels of The Amaryllidaceae of Southern Africa (published in 2016), and the addition of 560 photographs and several new paintings in this field guide makes for an even more effective guide for identification in the field. Author Graham Duncan provides a botanical description for each species, along with synonyms, brief history, flowering period, similar species, life cycle, distribution, habitat, medicinal/poisonous properties, pollination, cultivation, and conservation status. Maps accompany the text, along with colour photographs and botanical paintings. This superb field guide will be treasured for years to come.

The Genus Agapanthus is a superbly illustrated, new classification of a universally popular group of plants. It is a unique combination of science, horticulture, botanical art and photography, presented in an easily accessible format. Essential for horticulturists, gardeners, growers, botanists and many more.

Are you interested in or studying the Amaryllidaceae plant family? Get the illustrated, comprehensive identification guide by expert by Graham Duncan.
The Amaryllidaceae of Southern Africa is dedicated entirely to the 18 genera in the family Amaryllidaceae in southern Africa. This easy-to-use guide has over 240 illustrations as well as detailed distribution maps and magnificent photographs showing plants in typical habitat conditions.
The comprehensive text includes a full description of each species, a short history of the discovery of each plant, nomenclature, medicinal and other uses, various aspects of cultivation, pollination, locality preference and affinities with similar species.
Additionally this book includes an index, glossary and bibliography.
There is a separate chapter on the cultivation of the species in the summer and winter rainfall areas in southern Africa and also in the northern hemisphere.
This book is an asset to every botanical book lover’s library.
About the contributors:
The text has been written by one of the most knowledgeable horticulturists and botanists in the field, the inimitable Graham Duncan, who has written many books and articles on bulbs
Barbara Jeppe, botanical artist extraordinaire, began work on the paintings in July 1971 and for the next 28 years she collected and painted over 200 species of Amaryllidaceae. After her death in 1999, her daughter, Leigh Voigt, a versatile and highly acclaimed artist herself, picked up where her mother had left off and painted most of the subsequently described species.

This is the first complete and illustrated monograph of the genus Lachenalia, a horticulturally important and botanically diverse plant group. Lachenalia ranks with Gladiolus as one of the two most popular genera of South African bulbous plants worldwide, and next to Ornithogalum is the second-largest member of the family Hyacinthaceae in southern Africa. The flowers of some species have exceptionally showy blooms that occur in numerous interesting colours, shapes and sizes, and their fascinating leaves, many of which are attractively spotted or barred, or covered with attractive hairs or pustules. The flowers of many species are attractive in another dimension in that they emit distinctive aromas, ranging from spicy (like cloves) to various degrees of sweet (like a mixture of carnations and orchids), while one species is strongly coconut-scented. All species are described, classified and illustrated, with detailed text on history, morphology, phylogeny, phytogeography, pollination biology, cultivation and propagation. This book includes many highly attractive species which have never been illustrated in colour before, with 11 new taxa, ten of which are new species. This will become the standard reference work on all aspects of the genus and will appeal to botanists and taxonomists, bulb-growers, horticulturalists, gardeners, collectors of fine botanical works, ecologists and nature conservationists, as well as libraries and universities.

Partnership in mission is a laudable concept in the furtherance of God's mission. It has a distinguished history despite the difficulties experienced in making it a functioning reality. It had the potential to enable sending and receiving churches to experience fellowship, humility and dignity in relationships. However, the issue of power in the 'older' sending churches has been an intrusive factor in preventing the theory from becoming a reality. In the case of the Church of Scotland, increasing problems presented the opportunity for partner relationships to become authentically interdependent. Unfortunately, vulnerability on the part of the Church of Scotland World Mission Councilnhas led to a return to the colonial/dominator approach to partnership. Opportunities for repentance, self sacrifice and the growth of fellowship have been spurned to the eventual coist of the church of Scotland. The analysis should help to understand the current challenges in world mission, and should be especially helpful to scholars and students of the history of mission and thoses interested in understanding the contemporary church situation.