Desert Plants, Volume 3, Number 1 (Spring 1981)
ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Desert Plants is a unique botanical journal published by The University of Arizona for Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum. This journal is devoted to encouraging the appreciation of indigenous and adapted arid land plants. Desert Plants publishes a variety of manuscripts intended for amateur and professional desert plant enthusiasts. A few of the diverse topics covered include desert horticulture, landscape architecture, desert ecology, and history. First published in 1979, Desert Plants is currently published biannually with issues in June and December.
Digital access to this material is made possible by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum, and the University Libraries at the University of Arizona.
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- Editorial - Landscaping with Desert Plants
- The Double-Cut Techniques for Grafting Cacti to Trichocereus pachanoi Rootstock, an interview with Dan Bach
- Observations and Comments on Pediocactus sileri in Arizona and Utah
- Special Supplement - the ABC's of Landscaping with Desert Plants
- Notes on the Flora of Arizona VI
- Bizarre Seed Patterns in Plants of the Indian Arid Zone
- Arboretum Progress
- Reviews
- Land Fraud and Nutgalls
Recent Submissions
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Land Fraud and NutgallsUniversity of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1981
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ReviewsUniversity of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1981
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Bizarre Seed Patterns in Plants of the Indian Arid ZoneA comparative study of seeds of 46 plant species which abound in cultivated fields of the Indian arid zone has been made. A variety of new seed patterns discovered, some bizarre, are described. Seeds were categorized on the basis of their weights into five groups. The seeds of Polycarpaea corymbosa were found to be lightest of the species studied. Most frequently the seed weight varied among species of the same genus and among different genera of the same family. Similarly great variations in seed size were met. In general, lighter seeds were small in size and heavier ones large. The seed surfaces varied from smooth and glossy to ornamented and rough. The seeds of Farsetia hamiltonii possessed wings which increased their surface area. The color of the seeds in most cases was brownish- yellow to dark brown. Only few seeds were black. Description and illustration of the diversity will perhaps hasten an understanding of the developmental sequences and adaptive values (under arid conditions) of the bizarre seed patterns.
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Special Supplement - the ABC's of Landscaping with Desert PlantsUniversity of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1981
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The Double-Cut Techniques for Grafting Cacti to Trichocereus pachanoi Rootstock, an interview with Dan BachUniversity of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1981
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Editorial - Landscaping with Desert PlantsUniversity of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1981
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Desert Plants, Volume 3, Number 1 (Spring 1981)University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1981