The Visual Guide to Understanding Plants & the Vegetable Kingdom

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Author(s): Jean-Yves Ahern, Manuela Bertoni, Sonia Buffot, Jocelyn Gardner, Marc Lalumière, Alain Lemire Rielle Lévesque, Raymond Martin
Series: The Visual Guides
Publisher: QA International
Year: 2007

Language: English
Pages: 130

Table of Contents......Page 5
Plant diversity......Page 8
Plant classification......Page 9
Plant cells......Page 11
Algae......Page 13
Fungi......Page 15
Lichens......Page 17
Mosses......Page 19
Ferns......Page 21
Conifers......Page 23
Flowering plants......Page 26
The anatomy of flowering plants......Page 27
The root......Page 31
The stem......Page 35
The leaf......Page 38
The flower......Page 41
Inflorescences......Page 45
Trees......Page 47
Reproduction of flowering plants......Page 52
Pollination......Page 53
Fertilization......Page 55
The seed......Page 57
The fruit......Page 58
Vegetative propagation......Page 62
Nutrition and growth......Page 64
Photosynthesis......Page 65
Sap......Page 68
Heterotrophic plants......Page 71
Plant growth......Page 75
Plant hormones......Page 79
Tropisms......Page 80
Plants and their environments......Page 82
Plant formations......Page 83
The tropical rainforest......Page 85
Savannas......Page 87
Temperate forests......Page 89
Succulent plants......Page 91
Aquatic plants......Page 93
Protected areas......Page 95
Food plants......Page 98
Vegetables......Page 99
Fruits......Page 104
Cereals......Page 107
Edible algae and mushrooms......Page 109
Herbs and spices......Page 110
Ingredients made from plants......Page 111
Beverages......Page 113
Plants used in industry......Page 116
The wood industry......Page 117
Papermaking......Page 119
Natural rubber......Page 121
Medicinal plants......Page 122
Fiber plants......Page 123
Glossary......Page 125
Index......Page 127
Photo credits......Page 129