ISBN: 9781108037402

George Bentham (1800–84) was one of Britain's most influential botanists, whose own collection of plant specimens numbered more than 100,000. Although he donated his herbarium to th… More...

George Bentham (1800–84) was one of Britain's most influential botanists, whose own collection of plant specimens numbered more than 100,000. Although he donated his herbarium to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1854, he continued to make significant contributions to the field, including this exhaustive, seven-volume work detailing the plant life of Australia, which was published from 1863 to 1878. It was part of a series of works commissioned by the British government to document the flora in its colonies. Using the extensive numbers of specimens at Kew – and with the help of Ferdinand Mueller (1825–96), a German botanist in Australia – Bentham was able to compile descriptions of more than 8,000 species of Australian plants, making these volumes the first completed compendium of the flora of any large continental area. Volume 3, published in 1866, describes 14 orders of dicotyledon flora in the subclasses polypetalae and monopetalae. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Nature & Wildlife>Trees & Plants>Trees & Plants, Cambridge University Press Core >1<

ISBN: 9781108037402

George Bentham (1800-84) was one of Britain''s most influential botanists, whose own collection of plant specimens numbered more than 100, 000. Although he donated his herbarium to the Ro… More...

George Bentham (1800-84) was one of Britain''s most influential botanists, whose own collection of plant specimens numbered more than 100, 000. Although he donated his herbarium to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1854, he continued to make significant contributions to the field, including this exhaustive, seven-volume work detailing the plant life of Australia, which was published from 1863 to 1878. It was part of a series of works commissioned by the British government to document the flora in its colonies. Using the extensive numbers of specimens at Kew - and with the help of Ferdinand Mueller (1825-96), a German botanist in Australia - Bentham was able to compile descriptions of more than 8, 000 species of Australian plants, making these volumes the first completed compendium of the flora of any large continental area. Volume 3, published in 1866, describes 14 orders of dicotyledon flora in the subclasses polypetalae and monopetalae. | Flora Australiensis by George Bentham Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Science & Nature > Science > Life Sciences > Botany P10117, George Bentham<

2011, ISBN: 9781108037402

Cambridge University Press, Taschenbuch, 718 Seiten, Publiziert: 2011-09-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: black & white illustrations, 1.98 kg, Umweltwissenschaft, Natur… More...

Cambridge University Press, Taschenbuch, 718 Seiten, Publiziert: 2011-09-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: black & white illustrations, 1.98 kg, Umweltwissenschaft, Naturwissenschaft & Mathematik, Fachbücher, Kategorien, Bücher, Umwelt & Ökologie, Naturwissenschaften & Technik, Botanik, Biologie, Biowissenschaften, Geschichte allgemein, Politik & Geschichte, Cambridge University Press, 2011<