Rob Tilley / Agave close up abstract (Agave sp) Botanical Garden, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Rob Tilley / Close up of Agave leaves (Agave macroacantha)Botanical Garden, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Niall Benvie / Photograph of flowering Restharrow (Ononis sp)manipulated and text added to represent illustrated book page. Scotland, UK, July

Mark Bowler / Looking up the stilt roots of a Fig tree (Ficus sp), Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda, July 2006

Neil Lucas / Venus flytrap (insectivorous plant) with ant. Botanical Gardens, North Carolina, USA

Gavin Hellier / Singapore Botanical Gardens, Singapore, 2012

Juan Manuel Borrero / Pinya de Rosa botanical garden, Pinya Rosa, Girona Province, Spain, September 2011

Tom Vezo / Luzon Peacock Swallowtail (Papilio chikae) butterfly, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Swallowtail (Papilionidae) butterfly on girl's hand, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Grey Pansy (Junonia atlites) butterfly, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Dark Blue Tiger (Tirumala septentrionis) butterfly, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Emperor Swallowtail (Papilio ophidicephalus) butterfly, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Malay Cruiser (Vindula dejone) butterfly, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Luzon Peacock Swallowtail (Papilio chikae) butterfly, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Angled Leafwing (Anaea glycerium) butterfly mimics dead leaf, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Morpho Butterfly (Morpho achilles), Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona

Steven David Miller / Flambeau / Julia butterfly (Dryas iulia) gathering nectar on flower in butterfly enclosure, Naples Botanical Gardens, Florida, USA, December

Steven David Miller / Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) on a Bromeliad (Bromeliaceae) leaf, Naples Botanical Gardens, Southwest Florida, USA, March

Steven David Miller / Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) on a Bromeliad (Bromeliaceae) leaf, Naples Botanical Gardens, Southwest Florida, USA, March

Steven David Miller / Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) on a Bromeliad (Bromeliaceae) leaf, Naples Botanical Gardens, Southwest Florida, USA, March

Steven David Miller / Atala butterfly / Florida atala butterfly (Eumaeus atala) gathering nectar on flower in Butterfly Enclosure, Naples Botanical Gardens, Florida, USA, December

Dave Watts / Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis) showing male cones, Canberra Botanical Gardens, Australia, September. Critically endangered.

Dave Watts / Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis) needles, Canberra Botanical Gardens, Australia, September. Critically endangered.

Dave Watts / Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis) Canberra Botanical Gardens, New South Wales, Australia, September. Critically endangered.

Graham Eaton / Long underwater exposure of a mountain stream, with Green algae (Chlorophyceae sp.) moving in the current, River Ogwen, Snowdonia NP, Gwynedd, Wales, UK, October 2009. Highly commended in Botanical Br...

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Birdwatchers photographing birds in the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, August 2011

Kerstin Hinze / Dwarf Russian almond tree in flower (Prunus tenella), cultivataed in Botanical Garden Brunswick, Germany

Kerstin Hinze / Grecian windflower (Anemone blanda), cultivated in Botanical Garden Brunswick, Germany

Kerstin Hinze / Magnolia Soulangiana var cultivated in Botanical Garden Brunswick, Germany

Kerstin Hinze / Rosa 'La Paloma 85' Tantau, (Rosa) white flowers close up Botanical Garden Brunswick, Germany

Kerstin Hinze / White Ornamental onion or Showy onion (Allium rosenbachianum), cultivated in Botanical Garden Brunswick, Germany

Kerstin Hinze / Giant onion in flower (Allium giganteum), cultivated in Botanical Garden Brunswick, Germany

Pete Oxford / Colombian pond slider (Trachemys scripta callirostris) Botanical Gardens, Medellin, Antioquia Province, Columbia, captive

Kerstin Hinze / Purple coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea) cultivated in botanical garden, Lower Saxony, Germany,

Neil Lucas / Ant walking into open Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) Botanical Gardens, North Carolina, USA

Neil Lucas / Ant on open Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) Botanical Gardens, North Carolina, USA

Neil Lucas / Ant on closed Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) Botanical Gardens, North Carolina, USA

Chien Lee / Purple-faced Langur (Trachypithecus vetulus), Hakgala Botanical Garden, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

Chien Lee / Purple-faced Langur (Trachypithecus vetulus), Hakgala Botanical Garden, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

Chien Lee / Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica) pair grooming, Hakgala Botanical Garden, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

Chien Lee / Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica) pair grooming, Hakgala Botanical Garden, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

Chien Lee / Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica), Hakgala Botanical Garden, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

Ian Lockwood / Bronzed frog (Rana temporalis) Endanagered species, wild, Gurukala Botanical Sanctuary, Kerala, India

Ann & Steve Toon / Cape sugarbird, (Promerops cafer) perched on Protea, Kirstenbosch botanical gardens, Cape Town, South Africa

Steven David Miller / Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) parent on nest tending to hatchlings, Hervey Bay Botanical Gardens, Queensland, Australia

Steven David Miller / Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) parent on nest tending to hatchlings, Hervey Bay Botanical Gardens, Queensland, Australia

Steven David Miller / Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) chick on water, Hervey Bay Botanical Gardens, Queensland, Australia

Tim Laman / Rainforest researcher, Tim Laman, prepares botanical specimens of Strangler fig species at a research camp in the rainforest. Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Steven David Miller / Adult male Eastern Water Dragon (Physignathus leseurii) sunning beside edge of lake, Botanical Gardens, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia.

Mark Bowler / Botanical Garden, Entebbe, Uganda, July 2006

Mark Bowler / Information signs and Banana trees, Ugandan National Banana Research Programme, Entebbe, Royal Botanical Garden, Uganda, July 2006

Steven David Miller / St Andrew's Cross spider (Argiope keyserlingi) female suspended in centre of web, Cairns Botanical Gardens, Queensland, Australia

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Aerial view of Botanical Garden and city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State, Southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Avenue of Royal Palm Trees (Roystonea regia) in the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro city, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

Nigel Bean / Osage orange {Maclura pomifera} fruit, Missouri botanical garden, USA

Jouan & Rius / Epiphytic orchids in botanical garden, Costa Rica

Jouan & Rius / Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior) flower, botanical garden, Costa Rica

Tim Laman / Bromeliad plant in flower. An epiphyte from the neotropics growing in botanical garden in San Diego, California, USA

Rob Tilley / Agave (Agave genus), Phoenix Botanical Gardens, Arizona, USA. April 2006

Rob Tilley / Agave (Agave genus) close-up, Desert Botanical Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

Rob Tilley / Bismark Palm, Naples Botanical Garden, Florida, USA

Rob Tilley / Abstract of Tree Aloe {Aloe sp} Naples Botanical Garden, Florida, USA

Hermann Brehm / Fruit & flowers of Cannonball tree {Couroupita quianesis} Caracas Botanical Garden, Venezuela

Niall Benvie / Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava) in Botanical collection, Scotland.

Adrian Davies / Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis) in steel cage to prevent it being stolen, Kew Gardens, UK 2006

Adrian Davies / Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis) in steel cage to prevent it being stolen, Kew Gardens, UK 2006

Philippe Clement / Figs ripening on Fig tree (Ficus carica), botanical garden, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Figs ripening on Fig tree (Ficus carica), botanical garden, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Flowering Bromeliad (Bromeliaceae), botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Close up of flower of {Heliconia orthotricha} botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Flowering Bromeliad (Bromeliaceae), botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Heliconia flower {Heliconia orthotricha} botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Flowers of {Heliconia psittacorum} botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Heliconia flower {Heliconia stricta} botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Tropical flower showing stamen with anthers covered in pollen, botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Close up of flower of {Heliconia rostrata} botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Flower of {Heliconia vellerigeri} botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Heliconia flower {Heliconia lankesteri} botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / White Bird of Paradise flower (Strelitzia nicolai), botanical garden, Costa Rica, naturally occurs in South Africa

Philippe Clement / Heliconia flowers {Heliconia pogonantha} botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Bamboo stems (Bambusa sp.), botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Bamboo {Bambusa sp} stems, botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Bamboo (Bambusa oldhamii) stems and leaves, botanical garden, Costa Rica, South america

Philippe Clement / Bamboo {Bambusa vulgaris vittata} stems, botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Guadua Bamboo (Guadua angustifolia), botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Heliconia flower {Heliconia pogonantha} botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Banana (Musa occinea) in flower, in botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Pineapple plant with fruit (Ananas comosus) in botanical garden, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Spineless Yucca (Yucca gigantea) in botanical garden, Costa Rica

Rob Tilley / Close up of spines of Octopus Cactus {Stencereus alamosensis} Desert Botanical Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Tim Fitzharris / Tidepools exposed at low tide, Botanical Beach, Juan de Fuca Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Tim Fitzharris / Tidepools exposed at low tide, Botanical Beach, Juan de Fuca Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Tim Fitzharris / Tide pools exposed at low tide, panoramic view of botanical beach, Juan De Fuca Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Tim Fitzharris / Tide pools exposed at low tide, Botanical Beach, Juan de Fuca Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Steven David Miller / Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) roosting with wings wrapped around body, Sydney Botanical Gardens, New South Wales, Australia

Steven David Miller / Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging from tree branch with wing open, Sydney Botanical Gardens, New South Wales, Australia