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Legends research resources
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Chapter 1 -Aegagropila linnaei, marimo moss ball
Boedeker, C, Eggert, A, Immers, A, Wakana, I (2010) ‘Biogeography of Aegagropila linnaei (Cladophorophyceae, Chlorophyta): a widespread freshwater alga with low effective dispersal potential shows a glacial imprint in its distribution’, Journal of Biogeography 37, 8, 1491- 1503 https://www.jstor.org/stable/40802501
Boedeker, C, Eggert, A, Immers, A, Smets, E (2010) ’Global Decline of and Threats to Aegagropila linnaei, with Special Reference to the Lake Ball Habit’ BioScience 60, 3, 187-198. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/bio.2010.60.3.5
Boedeker, C, Immers, A (2009) No more lake balls (Aegagropila linnaei Kützing, Cladophorophyceae, Chlorophyta) in The Netherlands?’, Aquatic Ecology 43, 891. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-009-9231-1
Chakraborty, A, Mokudai, K, Watanabe, M et al, (2017) ‘Natural Heritage of Japan -Geological, Geomorphological, and Ecological Aspects’, Springer International Publishing.
Phillips, N, Draper, TC, Mayne, R, Adamatzky, A (2019) ‘Marimo machines: oscillators, biosensors and actuators’ Journal of Biological Engineering 13, 72. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13036-019-0200-5
Togashi, T Sasaki, H, Yoshimura, J (2014) ‘A geometrical approach explains Lake Ball (Marimo) formations in the green alga, Aegagropila linnaei’ Scientific Reports 4, 3761 https://www.nature.com/articles/srep03761
Umekawa, T, Wakana, I, Ohara, M (2021) Reproductive behavior and role in maintaining an aggregative form of the freshwater green alga Marimo, Aegagropila linnaei, in Lake Akan, Hokkaido, Japan Aquatic Botany 168, 103309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2020.103309
Soejima, A., Yamazaki, N., Nishino, T. et al. (2009) ‘Genetic variation and structure of the endangered freshwater benthic alga Marimo, Aegagropila linnaei (Ulvophyceae) in Japanese lakes’. Aquatic Ecology 43, 359–370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-008-9204-9
Thiamdao S, Boo, GH, Boo, SM, Peerapornpisal, Y, (2012) ‘Diversity of Edible Cladophora (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) in Northern and Northeastern Thailand, Based on Morphology and Nuclear Ribosomal DNA Sequences’ Chiang Mai J. Science; 39, 2, 300-310. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286992240_Diversity_of_Edible_Cladophora_Cladophorales_Chlorophyta_in_Northern_and_Northeastern_Thailand_Based_on_Morphology_and_Nuclear_Ribosomal_DNA_Sequences
Chapter 2 - Aloe vera, true aloe
Ceuterick, M., Vandebroek, I., Torry, B., Pieroni, A. (2008). ‘Cross-cultural adaptation in urban ethnobotany: The Colombian folk pharmacopoeia in London’. Journal of Ethnopharmacology,120, 342–59, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2008.09.004.
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Kawa, N.C. (2021). ‘Plants that Keep the Bad Vibes Away: Boundary Maintenance and Phyto-Communicability in Urban Amazonia’. Ethnos, 86, 2, 228-44.
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Chapter 3 - Aspidistra elatior, cast iron plant
The story of each Aspidistra leaf being worth £100 of a family’s income is mentioned in the book English Furniture by John Gloag, Envins Press, 2008.
The photo of the women holding aspidistras in front of their bombed out house in 1940 can be viewed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz#/media/File:Air_Raid_Damage_in_London,_1940_HU36206.jpg
Wartime transmitter named Aspidistra: https://history.blog.gov.uk/2019/08/08/aspidistra-the-wartime-breakthrough-youve-never-heard-of/.
You can see Gracie Fields performing song The Biggest Aspidistra in the World here: https://youtube.com/lHN-ZQzkJJU.
The advertisement for aspidistra leaves from The Florist’s Exchange, January 2 1904 can be viewed here: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25074491#page/10/mode/1up.
Read the article listing Aspidistra elatior as a popular houseplant in ‘Plants for growing in living rooms’, The Gardeners Chronicle May 16 1891, 620, https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Gardeners_Chronicle_New_Horticulturist/EH3nAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=aspidistra+elatior+gardeners+chronicle&pg=PA620&printsec=frontcover
Averyanov, L.V, Tillic, H.J, (2012). New taxa of Aspidistra (Asparagaceae) from central Vietnam, Turczaninowia, 15, 1, 5–10. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314035514_New_taxa_of_Aspidistra_Asparagaceae_from_central_Vietnam.
Bandehali ,S, Miri, T, Onyeaka, H, Kumar, P. (2021) ‘Current State of Indoor Air Phytoremediation Using Potted Plants and Green Walls’. Atmosphere, 12, 473. https:// doi.org/10.3390/atmos12040473.
Clarke, B. (2012). ‘“The poor man's club”: The middle classes, the public ouse, and the idea of community in the nineteen-thirties’. Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal, 45, 2, 39-54. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44030680.
Koketsu, M, Kim, M, Yamamotom, T. (1996). ‘Antifungal Activity against Food-Borne Fungi of Aspidistra elatior Blume’, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 44, 1, 301–303. https://doi.org/10.1021/jf950273r.
Suetsugu, K and Sueyoshi, M. (2018). ‘Subterranean flowers of Aspidistra elatior are mainly pollinated by not terrestrial amphipods but fungus gnats’, Ecology, 99 (1), 244–246. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26624033.
Chapter 4 - Begonia maculata, polka dot begonia
Begonia (1870), The California Horticulturist and Floral Magazine, 321-322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119652.
Begonia argyrostigma, The Botanical Register, v. 8 (1822) plate 666 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/131668.
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Sheue, C, Pao, S, Chien, L, Chesson, P and Peng, C. (2012). ‘Natural foliar variegation without costs? The case of Begonia,’ Annals of Botany, 109, Issue 6, May, Pages 1065–1074, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcs025
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Chapter 5
Ceropegia woodii, string of hearts
Cannells Floral Guide, 1904, xxiii https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49073126#page/27/mode/1up.
Fowler, A, February 2013 ‘February in the garden sucks – houseplants are the answer’, The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/feb/02/alys-fowler-houseplants.
Examples of using Ceropegia tubers as grafts http://www2.arnes.si/~sspimule/jest/Clanki/Cepljen/Grafting.htm.
‘Ceropegia woodi’, The Gardeners’ Chronicle April 22 1905 ser.3:v.37: page 241, 244. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83825.
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Heiduk, A, Brake, I, et al. (2016). Ceropegia sandersonii Mimics Attacked Honeybees to Attract Kleptoparasitic Flies for Pollination, Current Biology 26, 20, 2787-2793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.085.
Heiduk, A, Meve, U, Menzel F et al. (2021). ‘Fly Pollination of Kettle Trap Flowers of Riocreuxia torulosa (Ceropegieae-Anisotominae): A Generalized System of Floral Deception’ Plants, 10, 1564. https://doi.org/10.3390/ plants10081564.
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Chapter 6 - Chlorophytum comosum, spider plant
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Balzer, G. ‘Die Geschichte einer Goethe-Pflanze (Anthericum comosum oder Sternbergs Grünlilie)’
in: Goethe : Viermonatsschr. d. Goethe-Gesellschaft ; neue Folge d. Jahrbuchs | Goethe : Viermonatsschr. d. Goethe- Gesellschaft ; neue Folge d. Jahrbuchs’ 310-332.
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Ellen, R, Komáromi, R. (2013). ‘Social exchange and vegetative propagation: An untold story of British potted plants’. Anthropology Today, 29, 1, 3-7. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23486435.
Mucina, L., Rutherford, M.C. (2006). ‘The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland’, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287992846_The_vegetation_of_South_Africa_Lesotho_and_Swaziland.
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Royle, E.T. (1942). ‘Ruralisms’, Rural New Yorker, 101. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/276805.
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Chapter 7 - Crassula ovata, jade plant
Chokhone, K, Talukdar, K, Sarma, M.P et al. (2017). ‘Screening of phytochemicals and evaluation of anti-microbial, anti-oxidant and in-vitro antidiabetic activity of crassula ovata leaves’, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, 8, 2, 859-64. http://10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.
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Martin, C.E, Willert, D.J. von. (2000). ‘Leaf Epidermal Hydathodes and the Ecophysiological Consequences of Foliar Water Uptake in Species of Crassula from the Namib Desert in Southern Africa’, Plant Biology 2, 2, 229-242. 10.1055/s-2000-9163.
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Chapter 8 - Curio rowleyanus, string of pearls
Hillson, C.J (1979). ‘Leaf Development in Senecio rowleyanus (Compositae)’, American Journal of Botany, 66, 1, 59-63. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2442625.
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Nordenstam, B, Pelser, P.B., Kadereit J.W., Watson, L.E. (2009). ‘Senecioneae’. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247159020_Senecioneae
Rowley, G (1978). ‘Caudex and Caudiciform: Definitions, Aims and Applications’ Author(s): Gordon Rowley, The National Cactus and Succulent Journal, 33, 4, 79-82. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42791205.
Rowley, G. (1979). ‘Status Symbols for Succulents in Cultivation,’ The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain, 41, 1, 7-9. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42786897.
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Walker, C. (2016). A couple of Curios. Northants News, 27, 1, 5–7.
Walker, Colin (2019). ‘The life and times of Gordon Rowley (1921-2019)’. CactusWorld, 37(4) pp. 257–262.
Walker, C. (1999). ‘Senecio rowleyanus’, Flowering Plants of South Africa, 56, 116-120.
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Chapter 9 - Dieffenbachia seguine, leopard lily
Arditti, J, Rodriguez, E. (1982) ’Dieffenbachia: uses, abuses and toxic constituents: a review’, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 5, 293-302. http://10.1016/0378-8741(82)90015-0.
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Croat, T.B, (2004). ‘Revision of "Dieffenbachia" (Araceae) of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies,’ Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 91, 4, 668-772. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3298554.
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Kawa, N.C, (2020). ‘Plants that Keep the Bad Vibes Away: Boundary Maintenance and Phyto-Communicability in Urban Amazonia’, Ethnos 86,1, 1-17. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341811681.
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Kenny, M.G (2002). ’A Darker Shade of Green: Medical Botany, Homeopathy, and Cultural Politics in Interwar Germany’, Social History of Medicine, 15, 3, 481–504. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/15.3.481.
Plowman, T. (1969) ‘Folk Uses of New World Aroids’, Economic Botany, 23, 2, 97-122. http://www.jstor.com/stable/4253029
Ray, T.S, (1992). ‘Foraging Behaviour in Tropical Herbaceous Climbers (Araceae)’, Journal of Ecology, 80, 2, 189-203. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2261006.
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Wells, K.D, Schwartz, J.J, (1982). ‘The Effect of Vegetation on the Propagation of Calls in the Neotropical Frog Centrolenella fleischmanni’, Herpetologica 38, 4, 449-455. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3892174.
Chapter 10 - Dionaea muscipula, Venus flytrap
Fabricant, A, Iwata, G, Scherzer, Z, et al. (2021). ‘Action potentials induce biomagnetic fields in carnivorous Venus flytrap plants,’ Scientific Reports, 11, 1438. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-81114-w#Sec4.
Gibson, T, Waller, D. Evolving Darwin's ‘most wonderful’ plant: ecological steps to a snap-trap,’ New Phytologist, 183, 3, 757-587. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02935.x.
Hallock, T. (2005). ‘Male Pleasure and the Genders of Eighteenth-Century Botanic Exchange: A Garden Tour’, The William and Mary Quarterly, 62, 4, 697-718. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3491445.
Hutchens, J. ‘Prey capture in the Venus flytrap: Collection or selection?’ Botany 87, 10, 1007-1010.
Joel, D, Juniper, B, Dafni, A. (1985). ‘Ultraviolet Patterns in the Traps of Carnivorous Plants,’ The New Phytologist , 101, 4, 585-593. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2432892.
Kinch, M. (1986). ‘The Meteoric Career of William Young, Jr. (1742-1785), Pennsylvania Botanist to the Queen’ The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 110, 3, 359-388. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20092021.
Luken, J, Hutchens, J. (2005). ‘Habitats of Dionaea muscipula (Venus' Fly Trap), Droseraceae, Associated with Carolina Bays’, Southeastern Naturalist, 4, 4 (2005), 573-584. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3878224.
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Williams, S. (1980). ‘How Venus’ flytraps catch spider and ants’, Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 9, 3. https://cpn.carnivorousplants.org/articles/CPNv09n3p65_75_78.pdf.
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Chapter 11 - Epipremnum aureum, devil’s ivy
Boyce, P. (2004). ‘A Review of Epipremnum (Araceae) in Cultivation,’ Journal of the International Aroid Society 27, 199-205. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308503215_A_Review_of_Epipremnum_Araceae_in_Cultivation.
Boyce, P. (1998). ‘The Genus Epipremnum Schott (Araceae-Monsteroideae-Monstereae) in West and Central Malesia’, Blumea 43, 183-213. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283626991_The_Genus_Epipremnum_Schott_Araceae-Monsteroideae-Monstereae_in_West_and_Central_Malesia.
Croat, T, Ortiz, O. (2020). ‘Distribution of Araceae and the Diversity of Life Forms’, Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 89, 3, 8939. 10.5586/asbp.8939.
DI Benedetto, A, Galmarini, C, Tognetti, J. (2018) ‘New insight into how thigmomorphogenesis affects Epipremnum aureum plant development’, Horticultura Brasileira 36, 330-340. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-053620180308.
Furtado, C.X. (1964) ‘Pothos aurea Hort Linden’, Gardens' Bulletin Singapore, 20, 4, 3 77-380.https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/279382.
Herndon, A. (1985). ‘Naturalized aroids’, Journal of the International Aroid Society, 8, 2, 44-46. https://www.aroidsociety.org/aroideana/artpage.php?key=MDA4MDIwNA==G.
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Hung, C, Xie, J. (2009). ‘A comparison of plants regenerated from a variegated Epipremnum aureum,’ Biologia Plantarum 53, 4, 610-616. 10.1007/s10535-009-0112-1.
Meshram, A, Srivastava, N. (2015). ‘EPIPREMNUM AUREUM ( JADE POTHOS): A MULTIPURPOSE PLANT WITH ITS MEDICINAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES’,Journal of Critical Reviews 2, 2. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/EPIPREMNUM-AUREUM-(JADE-POTHOS)%3A-A-MULTIPURPOSE-ITS-Meshram-Srivastava/5d2604e08aa06fb709bed8dd4cf4a642d706534d
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Chapter 12 - Ficus lyrata, fiddle-leaf fig
Anon, (30 September 1911) ‘Ficus pandurata = lyrata’ Gardeners’ Chronicle, 3, 50, 234. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83837.
Burrows, J, Burrows, S (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa, Umdaus Press.
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Janzen, D. (1979). How to be a fig, Annual Review of Ecological Systems, 10, 13-51. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.es.10.110179.000305.
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Chapter 13 - Hedera helix, English ivy
Ali, Nabil (2018). ‘Colourants made from aphids and ivy gum,’ Heritage Science 6, 38. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-018-0204-3.
McAllister, H, Rutherford, A, (1990). ‘Hedera helix L. and H. hibernica (Kirchner) Bean (Araliaceae) in the British Isles,’ Watsonia, 18, 7-15. http://archive.bsbi.org.uk/Wats18p7.pdf.
Melzer, B, Steinbrecher T et al. ‘The attachment strategy of English ivy: a complex mechanism acting on several hierarchical levels, ‘ Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 7, 50, 1383–1389. 10.1098/rsif.2010.0140.
Metcalfe, D. (2005). ‘Hedera helix L.’ Journal of Ecology, 93, 3, 632-648. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3599428.
Mueller Sulgrove, S (2004). Is Ivy Invasive? What’s Known about Ivy. An overview of the characteristics and behaviour of ivy, a review of the ivy literature, and a discussion of whether ivy is invasive,’ Ivy Journal 30, 5-71. http://www.ivy.org/pdf%20files/journals/Volume%2030%202004.pdf.
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Robbins, W. (1960). ‘Further Observations on Juvenile and Adult Hedera,’ American Journal of Botany, 47, 6, 485- 491. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2439564.
Robbins, W. (1964). ‘Topophysis, a Problem in Somatic Inheritance,’ American Philosophical Society, 108, 5, 395-403. https://www.jstor.org/stable/985812.
Rose, P, (1990). ‘An unusual case for a horticulturist,’ Professional Horticulture 4, 1, 41-21. https://www.jstor.org/stable/45121281.
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Chapter 14 - Howea forsteriana, Kentia palm
Darnell-Smith, G. (1929) ‘The Kentia Palm Seed Industry, Lord Howe Island,’ Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), 1929, 1, 1-4. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4115085.
Osborne, O, De-kayne, R et al. (2018) ‘Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi promote coexistence and niche divergence of sympatric palm species on a remote oceanic island,’ The New Phytologist, 217, 3, 1254- 1266. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/90018552.
Papadopulos, A, Baker, W et al. (2011) ‘Speciation with gene flow on Lord Howe Island,’ Biological Sciences 108, 32, 13188-13193. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1106085108.
Papadopulos, A, Igea, J et al. (2019) ‘Ecological speciation in sympatric palms,’ Evolution, 73, 9, 1986-1995. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/48577477.
Plumptre, G. (1995) Strange tale of the Kentia palm’ Architectural Digest, October, 91-96. https://archive.architecturaldigest.com/article/1995/10/strange-tale-of-the-kentia-palm.
Pollock, N. (2017) ‘Lord Howe Island, Australia - Managing the Cultural Values of a World Heritage Island Ecosystem,’ Journal of World Heritage Studies, special issue, 75-79. http://doi.org/10.15068/00148453.
Skiba, R. (2011) ‘The whaleman and the princess: legends, history, and beating the odds in the South Seas,’ The Great Circle, 33, 1, 6-27. 10.2307/41563306.
Chapter 15 - Hoya carnosa, wax plant
Baltazar, A, Buot, I. (2019) ‘Controversies on Hoya R. Br. Taxonomy,’ The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 13, 1, 59-68. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334204549_Controversies_on_Hoya_R_Br_Taxonomy.
Forster, P, Liddle, D. (1990) ‘Hoya R. BR. (Asclepiadacaea) in Australia - an alternative classification,’ Austrobaileya, 3, 2, 217-234. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41738757.
Kloppenburgh, D. (1993) ‘The Hoya Handbook: A Guide for the Grower and Collector,’ Orca Pub Co.
Kloppenburg, D. (1999) ‘The World of Hoyas: a Pictorial Guide,’ Hill-n'-dale Publishing. http://dalekloppenburg.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-world-of-hoyas-pictoral-guide-book.html.
Hill, K. (1988) ‘A revision of Hoya (Asclepiadaceae) in Australia,’ Telopea, 3, 2, 241–255. dx.doi.org/10.7751/telopea19884811.
Martin, C, Hsu, R, Lin, T (2010) ‘Sun/shade adaptations of the photosynthetic apparatus of Hoya carnosa, an epiphytic CAM vine, in a subtropical rain forest in northeastern Taiwan,’ Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 32, 575–581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-009-0434-9.
Matile, P. (2006) ‘Circadian rhythmicity of nectar secretion in Hoya carnosa,’ Botanica Helvetica 116, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00035-006-0740-4.
Mochizuki, K, Furukawa, S, Kawakita, A. (2017) ‘Pollinia transfer on moth legs in Hoya carnosa (Apocynaceae),’ American Journal of Botany, 104, 6, 953-960. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1700078.
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Chapter 16 - Lithops, living stones
Cole, D, Cole, N (2005) Lithops: Flowering Stones, Cactus & Co.
Gionata, S (2017) ‘Hypothesis on evolutionary origin and adaptative value of polymorphism in Lithops N.E.Br.,’ Bradleya 35, 35, 113-121. 10.25223/brad.n35.2017.a10.
Hammer, A (1999) Lithops: Treasures of the Veld, British Cactus and Succulent Society.
Sajeva, M, Oddo, E (2007) ‘Water Potential Gradients between Old and Developing Leaves in Lithops (Aizoaceae),’ Functional Plant Science and Biotechnology, 1, 2, 366-368. oai:iris.unipa.it:10447/10651.
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Sprechman, D (1970) Lithops, Fairleigh Dickinson University press.
Stewart R, Warner B. (2012) ‘William John Burchell: The multi-skilled polymath,’ South African Journal of Science 108, 11/12, 1207. http:// dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajs. v108i11/12.1207.
Chapter 17 - Monstera deliciosa, Swiss cheese plant
Birdsey, M, (1951) The Cultivated Aroids, The Gillick Press.
Campbell, C (1986) ‘Tropical fruit crops in Florida - a rapidly changing situation,’ Proceedings of Florida State Horticultural Society, 99, 217-219. https://journals.flvc.org/fshs/article/download/94830/90853.
Chouteau, M, Barabé, D, Gibernau, M (20S09) ‘Flowering and thermogenetic cycles in two species of Monstera [Araceae],’ Bulletin de la Société d’Histoires Naturelles de Toulouse, 145, 5-10. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258926222_Flowering_and_thermogenetic_cycles_in_two_species_of_Monstera_Araceae.
Fonseca, M, Jiménez, P (2020) ‘A comparison of Monstera deliciosa and M. tacanaensis, with comments on Monstera section Tornelia (Araceae),’ Journal of the International Aroid Society 43, 1&2, 32–73. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344377658_A_comparison_of_Monstera_deliciosa_and_M_tacanaensis_with_comments_on_Monstera_section_Tornelia_Araceae.
Jiménez, P, Hentrich, H, (2019) ‘A Review on the Pollination of Aroids with Bisexual Flowers,’ Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 104,1, 83-104. 10.3417/2018219.
Madison, M (1977) ‘A revision of Monstera (Araceae),’ Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, 207, 3-100. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41764722.
Muir, C (2013) ‘How Did the Swiss Cheese Plant Get Its Holes?’ The American Naturalist, 181, 2, 273-281. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/668819.
Plowman, T (1969) ‘Folk Uses of New World Aroids,’ Economic Botany, 23, 2, 97- 122. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4253029.
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Chapter 18 - Nephrolepis exaltata ‘Bostoniensis’, Boston fern
Anon (1917) ‘Nephrolepis varieties at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden,’ Gardeners’ Chronicle 3, 61-62. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83846.
Benedict, R (1953) ‘The Tallest United States Fern,’ American Fern Journal, 43, 3, 117-121. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1545768.
Benedict, R, (1916) ‘Some Horticultural Fern Variations,’ American Fern Journal, 6, 1, 8-15. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1543848.
Benedict, R (1916) ‘The Origin of New Varieties of Nephrolepis by Orthogenetic Saltation. I. Progressive Variations,’ Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 43, 5, 207-234. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2479579.
Blaydes, G (1940) ‘Evolution of Boston fern varieties,’ American Biology Teacher, 2, 6, 145-146. https://eurekamag.com/research/024/644/024644687.php.
Conover, C (1973) ‘Florida's Changing Foliage Industry,’ HortScience: a publication of the American Society for Horticultural Science 8, 6, 462-464. 10.21273/HORTSCI.8.6.462.
Morton, C (1958) ‘Observations on Cultivated Ferns. V. The Species and Forms of Nephrolepis,’ American Fern Journal, 48, 1, 18-27. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1544893.
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Chapter 19 - Opuntia microdasys, bunny ears cactus
Britton, N, The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family, 1, 121-122. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100137.
Cao, M, Ju, J et al (2014) ‘Facile and Large-Scale Fabrication of a Cactus-Inspired Continuous Fog Collector,’ Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 21, 3235-3240. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201303661.
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Chapman, P, Martin, M (1957) ‘Opuntia microdasys,’ The National Cactus and Succulent Journal, 12, 4, 88. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42788096.
Crook, R, Mottram, R (2000) ‘Opuntia Index Part 6: M-O,’ Bradleya, 18, 113-140. https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n18.2000.a9.
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Hemenway, A, Allen, M (1936) ‘A Study of the Pubescence of Cacti,’ American Journal of Botany 23, 2, 139-144. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2436308.
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Komine, K, Kubota, Y (2018) ‘Study on water absorption of cactus,’ 5th International Conference on Experimental Fluid Mechanics – ICEFM 2018 Munich.
Mandujano, M, Golubov, J, Huenneke, L (2013) ‘Reproductive Ecology of Opuntia macrocentra (Cactaceae) in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert,’ The American Midland Naturalist, 169, 2, 274-285. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23525690.
Monje, P, Baran, E (2002) ‘Characterization of Calcium Oxalates Generated as Biominerals in Cacti,’ Plant Physiology, 128, 2, 707-713. http://www.jstor.com/stable/4280337.
Noble, W (1972) ‘A Handful of Glochids,’ The National Cactus and Succulent Journal 27, 2, 62. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42791659.
Palleiro, N, Mandujano, M, Golubov, J (2006) ‘Aborted Fruits of Opuntia microdasys (Cactaceae): Insurance against Reproductive Failure,’ American Journal of Botany 93, 4, 505- 511. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4125562.
Pinkava, D (2003) ‘Cactaceae Cactus Family, Part Six.. Opuntia P. Miller Prickly-Pears’ Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 35, 2, Vascular Plants of Arizona: Part 7, 137-150. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40019715.
Robinson, H (1974) ‘Scanning Electron Microscope Studies of the Spines and Glochids of the Opuntioideae (Cactaceae),’ American Journal of Botany, 61, 3, 278-283. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2441606.
Smith, G, Figueiredo, E et al (2011) ‘South Africa’s ongoing Opuntia Mill. (Cactaceae) problem: the case of Opuntia microdasys (Lehm.) Pfeiff,’ Bradleya, 73-78. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230874184_South_Africa's_ongoing_Opuntia_Mill_Cactaceae_problem_the_case_of_O_microdasys_Lehm_Pfeiff.
Soberon, J, Golubov, J, Sarukhán, J (2001) ‘The Importance of Opuntia in Mexico and Routes of Invasion and Impact of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae),’ The Florida Entomologist, 84, 4, 486-492. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3496376.
Speirs, D, (1978) ‘Spines and Glochids,’ The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain, 40, 2, 54-55. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42786706.
Whiting, D, Bristow, J (1975) ‘Dermatitis and Keratoconjunctivitis Caused by a Prickly Pear (Opuntia microdasys),’ South African Medical Journal 49, 1445. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1166362/.
Chapter 20 - Oxalis triangularis, false shamrock
Campbell, D. (April 2001). ‘Oxalis, a four-season wonder,’ Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Green Scene, 30-31. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51783824#page/93/mode/1up.
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Chapter 21 - Pilea peperomioides, Chinese money plant
Downing, A, Atwell, B, Downing, K. (2020) ‘Plant of the week: Pilea peperomioides, mirror grass, chinese money plant, UFO plant, missionary plant,’ Maquarie University plant of the week, May. http://bio.mq.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Plant-of-the-week-Pilea-peperomioides-Chinese-Money-Plant.pdf.
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Chapter 22 - Sansevieria trifasciata, snake plant
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Chapter 23 - Saxifraga stolonifera, strawberry saxifrage
Anon (1790-1791). ‘Saxifraga stolonifera, strawberry saxifrage,’ Curtis’s Botanical magazine 3-4, 92. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7354.
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Chapter 24 - Spathiphyllum, peace lily
Bercu, R; Făgăraș, M (March 2010). ‘Anatomical Aspects of the Ornamental Plant Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel,’ Scientific Study & Research – Biology, 18, 13–17.
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Chapter 25 - Zamioculcas zamiifolia, ZZ plant
Chen, J, Henny, R (2003). ‘ZZ: A Unique Tropical Ornamental Plant,’ HortTechnology 13, 3, 458-462. 10.21273/HORTTECH.13.3.0458.
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Grayum, M (1990). ‘Evolution and Phylogeny of the Araceae,’ Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 77, 4, 628-697. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2399668.
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Walker, C (2004). ‘Two succulent aroids,’ British Cactus & Succulent Journal 22, 4, 185-187. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42793977.