Srelitzias of the World. A Historical and Contemporary Exploration. 2019. illus. 300 p. Hardcover.

Contents: A flower for the queen: Strelitzia reginae (1788)/ A rarer find: Strelitzia alba (1792)/ A king's gift to an empress: Strelitzia nicolai (1858)/ Art, artifice and the strelitzia family: Strelitzia depicta (1818) to citrine strelitzia (1887)/ Secrets of the heavenly tree: Ravenala madagascariensis (1782)/ Myth, taboo and reality: Ravenala madagascariensis (1782)/ The enigma of the Amazon: Phenakospermum guyanense (1845) / Phenakospermum, Amazona's tree of life: The big palulu/ Splitting the difference: Strelitzia caudata (1946) and Strelitzia juncea (1974)/ The flower of the angels: America's bird of paradise coup (1956)/ Home - grown hopes: South Africa's strelitzia growers/ Finding flower paradise: Strelitzias around the world/ New strelitzia tributes: Mandela's Gold (1996) and Centenary Gold (2013)/ Botanical exploration in the 21st century: The Mzimvubu strelitzia (2007)/ Conserving paradise plants: Saving human lives/ References/ Select Bibliogaphy / Index.