THE BROMELIAD LEXICON, THE LEXICON OF SUCCULENT PLANTS, SUCCULENT PLANTS & SUCCULENTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

1. THE BROMELIAD LEXICON

Werner Rauh, with Herbert Lehmann, Julien Marnier-Lapostolle and Richard Oeser, of the Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Heidelberg, German. Edited by Temple, Peter

xiv, 431 pp of b/w-illustrated text, bibliography and index + 80 pp b/w plates and 16 pp colour plates. Colour pictorial laminated dustjacket over blue cloth-boards. Clean, dustjacket has some wear and edge closed tears.

The original German edition was published in 1970, the first English edition by Blandford in 1979 and this second English edition co-published in South Africa in 1990.

The Bromeliad Lexicon by Werner Rauh is an essential botanical reference work that serves as both a scientific resource and a practical guide for enthusiasts, horticulturists, and botanists

Published: Bok books and Tradewinds Press, Durban, 1990 Edition: 2nd South African
Size: 230 x 165mm. Jacket Condition:Good

2. THE LEXICON OF SUCCULENT PLANTS Jacobsen, Hermann. Former Curator of the Botanic Garden, Kiel, Germany

664 pp. of text (including index) + 200 pp. of black-and-white plates featuring 1,069 figures. Colour pictorial dustjacket over mushroom-coloured or green cloth-boards with red and black titles. Name of previous owner on end paper and some small marginalia. Some wear to dustjacket otherwise a good reference copy.

The original German edition (Das Sukkulentenlexikon) was published in 1970. This first English edition, which was revised and translated from the German, was published by Blandford Press in 1974.The Lexicon of Succulent Plants by Hermann Jacobsen is a monumental, comprehensive botanical reference work. It serves as an exhaustive scientific resource and an invaluable practical dictionary for serious plant collectors, horticulturists, and botanists worldwide, covering short descriptions, habitats, and synonymy for roughly 8,600 species and lower taxa across 366 genera (excluding Cactaceae).

Published: Blandford Press, London, 1974 Edition: 1st English Edition (Revised) Size: 245 x 175mm. Jacket Condition: Fair

SUCCULENT PLANTS: DESCRIPTION, CULTIVATION AND USES OF SUCCULENT PLANTS, OTHER THAN CACTI

Hermann Jacobsen, Curator of the Botanic Garden, Kiel, Germany. Authorised translation by Vera Higgins, M.A., F.R.H.S. Translated by Vera Higgins.

xvi, 293 pp. of text, including an alphabetical arrangement of families, genera, and species, followed by an index. Contains 277 black-and-white photographic illustrations representing 394 distinct species.

Green cloth boards with gilt to spine and front, with wear to board edges and spine ends. Spine has a paint splotch. No dustjacket. A clean copy.

The original German edition (Die Sukkulenten) was first published in 1933. The first English translation was published in 1935, followed by this second English edition published during the immediate post-war era in 1946. An important historical botanical text that served as the definitive early English-language handbook on non-cactaceous succulents. The work provides descriptions for 151 genera and 1,091 species, balancing rigorous scientific taxonomy with practical greenhouse cultivation and commercial nursery usage guidelines.

Published: Williams and Norgate Ltd., London, 1946 Edition: 2nd English Edition
Size: 250 x 195mm

SUCCULENTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA by Professor B.P. Barkhuizen
With specific reference to the succulent families found in the Republic of South Africa and South West Africa. 

222 pp. of text, including maps on the endpapers, featuring 200 illustrations of which over 100 are in full colour. Pictorial dustjacket over brown boards with white titling on the spine. Dustjacket has tiny delamination bubbles near the spine. Some tape mark residue on the front endpapers, with minimal age-related yellowing to the edges of the pages. A good copy.

Originally published in 1978, this work remains a highly regarded and authoritative regional survey of the rich succulent flora indigenous to Southern Africa. An essential reference guide for collectors and botanists, detailing the identification, distribution, and characteristics of families unique to South Africa and Namibia, balancing accessible descriptions with extensive photographic documentation.

Published: Purnell and Sons, Cape Town, 1978 Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Size: 280 x 220mm. Jacket Condition: Good