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INDEX

abiotic pollination, 13 carbon dioxide, 10, 16–17, 58, eriosyce, 61
acacia tree, 38 78–79 Erlandson, Axel, 15
acids, 7, 18, 30, 38, 41 carnivorous plants, 6, 28–35, 78 ethylene gas, 9, 18, 38
Africa, 38, 43, 48, 56, 58, 74, carrion flower, 20–21 eucalyptus trees, 74–75
82–83 Central America, 43, 55, 67 Europe, 24, 38, 43, 46, 49, 74
Alien Species Prevention and chemical warfare, 9 evolution, 7–11, 18–19, 24, 54,
Enforcement Act, 72 chlorophyll, 10, 16–17 60, 72
allelopathy, 9 climate, 6, 38, 54, 74, 79–80, exploding plants, 7, 14, 25,
Alnwick Garden, 39 82–85 36–37, 41–42, 74
Amazon rain forest, 41, 46 clonal propagation, 64
American Indians, 78 clones, 14 farming, 15, 52, 57, 67, 72, 79–82
animals, 5–6, 8–9, 13, 14, 16–20, color, 7, 11, 13, 29, 31, 47, 53, 75 female flower parts, 11–14,
24, 26–31, 33, 37–38, 40, cones, 14, 72–73 21–23, 52
42, 47–48, 50, 53, 59–60, cotton grass plant, 51 ferns, 10, 40, 59–60
62, 64, 68, 74, 76, 78–79, cow’s udder plant, 51 fire, 19, 70–75
81–82 Crooked Forest (Gryfino), 57 fire-starting plants, 74–75
See also insects and cyanide, 40 flavonoids, 12
arthropods cytokinins, 18 flowers, 7, 13, 21, 23, 32, 45, 51,
arborsculpture, 15 52, 65 lilies, 22, 34–35
Arctic regions, 54–55, 65 Darwin, Charles, 7, 68 roses, 8
art, 15, 76 defense mechanisms, 9, 24, 46, 74 sunflowers, 68–69
asexual reproduction, 14–16, deforestation, 80, 82–83 See also orchids
48, 64 de Mestral, George, 64 food crops, 15, 52, 67, 72, 79–82
Asia, 20–21, 24, 26–27, 36, 38, 40, Dennis, Felix, 77 fruits, 12, 14, 18, 25–27, 34,
43, 74–75, 78 desertification, 82 36–37, 41–43, 48–50,
Australia, 25, 32, 38, 41, 46, 50, desert raisin, 73 73, 82
56, 71, 72–74 deserts, 48, 58, 60, 63, 73, 82 fungi, 11, 26, 48–51, 60
devil’s claw, 64 bird’s nest, 49
Bakerian mimicry, 52 devil’s fingers, 50 bleeding tooth, 49, 51
baobab trees, 56 diagrams, 8, 12, 17 See also mushrooms
bark, 15, 19, 25, 36–37, 50, 53, diet, human, 50, 52–53, 78,
71–76 80–81 galloping moss, 65
Bartram, William, 76–77 digestion, 18, 26–31, 33–35, gardens, 7, 15, 21, 39, 53, 82, 84
Batesian mimicry, 46–47, 52 40, 53 gases, 9, 17–18, 38, 41, 59, 74,
binomial nomenclature, 8 DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), 7 78, 84
birds, 11–13, 24, 30, 33, 37, 43, Dobzhansky, Theodosius, 7 genetic drift, 9
49, 82 dodder vines, 65–67 genetics, 9, 14, 52
birthworts, 32 Dodsonian mimicry, 52 genus, 8, 30–31, 47–48, 52–53, 74
bladderworts, 30–31 domesticated plants, 60 gibberellins, 18
bleeding hearts, 53 dormancy, 6, 10, 18, 55, 60–61, global warming, 79–80, 82–85
bleeding tooth fungi, 49, 51 73 grafts, 15
botanists, 5, 8, 18–19, 28, 41, 44, dragon blood tree, 53 heat-producing plants, 23–25
46–47, 52, 65, 73 drug plants, 39 heliotropism, 69
botany, 5 durian, 27 hellebore, 5, 24
burning bush, 74–75 hemlock, 39
burrs, 6, 64 environmental challenges, 10, 18, herbivores, 9, 68
butterworts, 34 28, 54–57, 60 holly, 37
Environmental Protection
cacti, 60–61, 63–64 Agency, 72 horizontal gene transfer, 48
cambium layer, 15, 37 Epic of Gilgamesh, 78 hormones, 17–18

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