The genus Arisaema

This second edition, fully revised and updated, takes into account latest results in phylogeny of Arisaema, and incorporates all new species described since 2002, the year of publication of the first edition. It provides information on plant names, synonyms, botanical types, geographic distributions and habitats, together with notes on cultivation. One obvious change from the first edition is the artwork, the goal being to make descriptions readily comprehensible; new and improved images make the book visually attrative. This volume is easy to use, with, in each section, comparative drawings of leaves and inflorescences as well as comprehensive identification tables. Richly illustrated (many species have been photographed in their native habitats by the authors), it contains descriptions of some 200 species, subspecies, and varieties - organized in 15 sections-, and includes 420 full - colour photographs (many of them new), appprox. 200 drawings and 20 tables for keying the species, a glossary, an index of names and an updated exhaustive bibliography. Contents (main headings): Introduction/ Morphology/ Arisaemas in Chemistry and Medicine/ In the Wild and in Cultivation/ Propagation/ Systematics/ Species by Sections/ Doubtful Species and Invalid Names/ Hybrids/ Glossary/ Bibliography/ Index to Species Names.