 Blue cloth binding and gilt title of the first edition | |
| Author | Francis Ernest Lloyd |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Chronica Botanica Company |
Publication date | 1942 (reprinted in 1976) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, softcover) |
| Pages | xvi + 352 |
| ISBN | 0-486-23321-9 |
| OCLC | 30913937 |
The Carnivorous Plants is a major work on carnivorous plants by American botanist Francis Ernest Lloyd. It was first published in 1942 by the Chronica Botanica Company as the ninth volume of A New Series of Plant Science Books.[1] It was reprinted in 1976 by Dover Publications of New York and Constable of London.[2] Although primarily dealing with plants, the book also briefly covers carnivorous fungi.[3][4] The chapter describing the structure and functioning of Utricularia traps is particularly detailed.[3][5] Lloyd's book was the most important scientific work on carnivorous plants since Charles Darwin's Insectivorous Plants of 1875.[6][7]
- ^ Lloyd, F.E. 1942. The Carnivorous Plants. Chronica Botanica Company, Waltham.
- ^ Formats and editions of The Carnivorous Plants. WorldCat.
- ^ a b Matzke, E.B. 1944. Scientific books: The Carnivorous Plants. Science 99(2575): 366–367. doi:10.1126/science.99.2575.366
- ^ Simons, P. 1981. The potato bites back. New Scientist 91(1267): 470–475.
- ^ D'Amato, P. 2010. The Savage Garden: 'Lloydie'. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 39(2): 47–49.
- ^ Juniper, B.E., R.J. Robins & D.M. Joel 1989. The Carnivorous Plants. Academic Press, London ISBN 9780123921703
- ^ Barthlott, W., S. Porembski, R. Seine & I. Theisen 2007. The Curious World of Carnivorous Plants. Timber Press, Portland ISBN 9780881927924